The impact of African aridity on the isotopic signature of Atlantic deep waters across the Middle Pleistocene Transition

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 182-191

  Malaizé, Bruno ^a   Jullien, Elsa ^a   Tisserand, Amandine ^a,b,c   Skonieczny, Charlotte ^d   Grousset, E Francis ^a   Eynaud, Frédérique ^a   Kissel, Catherine ^e   Bonnin, JérÔme ^a   Karstens, Svenja ^b,c   Martinez, Philippe ^a   Bory, Aloys ^d   Bout Roumazeilles, Vivianne ^d   Caley, Thibaut ^a   Crosta, Xavier ^a   Charlier, Karine ^a   Rossignol, Linda ^a   Flores, José Abel ^f   Schneider, Ralph ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e DIF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

African aridity; Atlantic deep waters; Foraminifera; Mid Pleistocene Transition; Stable isotopes; Ti

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN ARIDITY; DEEP WATER; FORAMINIFERA; MID-PLEISTOCENE TRANSITION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

OCEANOGRAPHY; TITANIUM;

ISOTOPES;

ARIDIFICATION; ARIDITY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TITANIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MAURITANIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84855351852     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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