Southern ocean nitrogen and silicon dynamics during the last deglaciation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 334-339

  Horn, Matthew G ^a   Beucher, Charlotte P ^b   Robinson, Rebecca S ^a   Brzezinski, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Nitrogen isotopes; Nutrient dynamics; Silicic acid supply; Silicon isotopes

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATIONS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SILICIC ACIDS; SILICON ISOTOPES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICON;

NUTRIENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAST DEGLACIATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OPAL; OVERTURN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SILICIC ACID; SILICON; SURFACE WATER; UPWELLING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 80053353542     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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