Reconstructing ancient deep-sea circulation patterns using the Nd isotopic composition of fossil fish debris

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 395, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Thomas, Deborah J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish teeth geochemistry; Nd isotopes; Ocean Drilling Program; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; IRON ALLOYS; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

DEEP-WATER FORMATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ND ISOTOPES; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT/WATER INTERFACES; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

FISH;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 73949101801     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2395-7.1     Document Type: Article

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