Abrupt sea surface pH change at the end of the Younger Dryas in the central sub-equatorial Pacific inferred from boron isotope abundance in corals (Porites)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2445-2459

  Douville, E ^a   Paterne, M ^a   Cabioch, G ^b   Louvat, P ^c   Gaillardet, J ^c   Juillet Leclerc, A ^a   Ayliffe, L ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARAGONITE; BORON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CORAL; EL NINO; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LA NINA; LAST GLACIAL; PH; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

MARQUESAS ISLANDS; SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

EID: 77955783912     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-2445-2010     Document Type: Article

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