Paleogene deepwater mass composition of the tropical Pacific and implications for thermohaline circulation in a greenhouse world

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Thomas, Deborah J ^a   Lyle, Mitchell ^a   Moore Jr , Theodore C ^b   Rea, David K ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater circulation; Nd isotopes; ODP Leg 199

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849139817     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001748     Document Type: Article

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