Patterns and magnitude of deep sea carbonate dissolution during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 and H2, Walvis Ridge, southeastern Atlantic Ocean

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Stap, Lucy ^a   Sluijs, Appy ^a   Thomas, Ellen ^b,c   Lourens, Lucas ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; DEEP SEA; DISSOLUTION; EOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; LYSOCLINE; PERTURBATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WARMING; WEATHERING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; WALVIS RIDGE;

EID: 67649173108     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001655     Document Type: Article

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