No evidence for a deglacial intermediate water δ14C anomaly in the SW Atlantic

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 65-72

  Sortor, Rachel N ^a   Lund, David C ^a  

^a Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Radiocarbon; Southwest Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; ARABIAN SEA; DEGLACIAL; DEGLACIATIONS; DIRECT PATHS; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; HIGH LATITUDES; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; NORTH ATLANTIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIOCARBON; SHALLOWER WATER; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC; WATER DEPTH;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL ZONE; ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; FORAMINIFERA; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; RECONSTRUCTION; WATER DEPTH;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80052094714     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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