Late Quaternary variability of Mediterranean Outflow Water from radiogenic Nd and Pb isotopes

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 2462-2472

  Stumpf, Roland ^a   Frank, Martin ^a   Schönfeld, Joachim ^a   Haley, Brian A ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Department of Chemistry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT WATERS; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; AUTHIGENIC; GRAVITY CORE; GULF OF CADIZ; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LATE QUATERNARY; ND ISOTOPES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OPEN OCEAN; OUTFLOW WATERS; PB ISOTOPES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH;

IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

NEODYMIUM;

LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OUTFLOW; PALEOSALINITY; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAWATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77955553860     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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