Mid-depth South Atlantic Ocean circulation and chemical stratification during MIS-10 to 12: Implications for atmospheric CO2

Climate of the Past

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-344

  Dickson, A J ^a   Leng, M J ^b,c   Maslin, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77949720094     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-4-333-2008     Document Type: Article

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