Deglacial radiocarbon history of tropical Atlantic thermocline waters: Absence of CO2 reservoir purging signal

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 1875-1882

  Cléroux, Caroline ^a   deMenocal, Peter ^a   Guilderson, Thomas ^b,c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic; CO2 purging; Deglaciation; Equator; Radiocarbon; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC; DEGLACIATIONS; EQUATOR; RADIOCARBON; THERMOCLINE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEEP SEA; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESERVOIR; SIGNAL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 80054085120     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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