Nitrogen isotopic evidence for deglacial changes in nutrient supply in the eastern equatorial Pacific

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Robinson, R S ^a   Martinez, P ^b   Pena, L D ^c   Cacho, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; DENITRIFICATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049141885     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001702     Document Type: Article

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