Interhemispheric leakage of isotopically heavy nitrate in the eastern tropical Pacific during the last glacial period

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Pichevin, Laetitia E ^a   Ganeshram, Raja S ^a   Francavilla, Stephen ^a   Arellano Torres, Eisa ^a   Pedersen, Tom F ^b   Beaufort, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGRAPHY; LAST GLACIAL; LEAKAGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXYGEN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WARMING;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; INDIAN OCEAN; NICARAGUA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 78650520660     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009PA001754     Document Type: Article

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