Alkenone and boron-based Pliocene pCO2 records

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 201-211

  Seki, Osamu ^a,b   Foster, Gavin L ^a   Schmidt, Daniela N ^a   Mackensen, Andreas ^c   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^b   Pancost, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

alkenone 13C; boron isotopes; ODP Site 999; palaeo pCO2; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ALKENONES; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BORON ISOTOPES; CONCENTRATION OF; CRYOSPHERE; DERIVED CARBONS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; PLIOCENE; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PROXY RECORDS; TECHNIQUES USED; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

BORON COMPOUNDS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

BORON;

ALKENONE; BORON ISOTOPE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRYOSPHERE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

EID: 77249160130     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.037     Document Type: Article

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