Biotic and geochemical evidence for a global latitudinal shift in ocean biogeochemistry and export productivity during the late Pliocene

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 200-210

  Bolton, Clara T ^a   Lawrence, Kira T ^b   Gibbs, Samantha J ^a   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Herbert, Timothy D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkenones; Biogeochemistry; Calcareous nannofossils; Pliocene; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ALKENONES; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; LATE PLIOCENE; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PLIOCENE; REORGANISATION; SITE TO SITES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

ALKENONE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIATION; NANOFOSSIL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PLIOCENE;

EID: 79960027032     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.046     Document Type: Article

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