Western equatorial Pacific deep water carbonate chemistry during the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation: Using planktic foraminiferal Mg/Ca to reconstruct sea surface temperature and seafloor dissolution

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Fehrenbacher, Jennifer ^a   Martin, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEEP WATER; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLUTION; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MICROPLANKTON; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAFLOOR; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79960022943     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010PA002035     Document Type: Article

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