Subarctic Pacific evidence for a glacial deepening of the oceanic respired carbon pool

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 156-165

  Jaccard, S L ^a,c   Galbraith, E D ^b   Sigman, D M ^b   Haug, G H ^a,f   Francois, R ^c   Pedersen, T F ^d   Dulski, P ^e   Thierstein, H R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon storage; JOIDES Resolution; Leg 145; Ocean Drilling Program; oxygenation; preformed nutrient; redox sensitive trace metals; Site 882; subarctic North Pacific

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; JOIDES RESOLUTION; LEG 145; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PREFORMED NUTRIENT; REDOX-SENSITIVE TRACE METALS; SITE 882; SUBARCTIC NORTH PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; BARIUM; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; DRILLING; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP SEA; DISSOLUTION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGENATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE METAL; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

EID: 57749094680     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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