Testing the impact of seasonal phytodetritus deposition on δ13C of epibenthic foraminifer Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi: A 31,000 year high-resolution record from the northwest African continental slope

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Zarriess, Michelle ^a   MacKensen, Andreas ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORAMINIFERA; HEINRICH EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CIBICIDOIDES WUELLERSTORFI; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79953882991     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010PA001944     Document Type: Article

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