Obscuring of long eccentricity cyclicity in Pleistocene oceanic carbon isotope records

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 319-330

  Wang, Pinxian ^a   Tian, Jun ^a   Lourens, Lucas J ^b  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carbon isotope; long eccentricity; Ocean Drilling Program; oceanic carbon reservoir; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON RESERVOIRS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYCLICITY; ECCENTRICITY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 75149178580     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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