Abyssal Atlantic circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum: Constraining the ratio between transport and vertical mixing

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lund, D C ^a   Adkins, J F ^b   Ferrari, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BENTHOS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP WATER; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNITUDE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; TIMESCALE; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79952983435     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010PA001938     Document Type: Article

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