Radiocarbon-based carbon source quantification of anomalous isotopic foraminifera in last glacial sediments in the western North Pacific

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Uchida, Masao ^a,b   Ohkushi, Ken'ichi ^c   Kimoto, Katsunori ^b   Inagaki, Fumio ^b   Ishimura, Toyoho ^d   Tsunogai, Urumu ^d   TuZino, Taqumi ^c   Shibata, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Glacial sediment; Methane hydrate; Radiocarbon; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350779603     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001558     Document Type: Article

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