Variable sequence of events during the past seven terminations in two deep-sea cores from the Southern Ocean

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-325

  Schneider Mor, Aya ^a   Yam, Ruth ^a   Bianchi, Cristina ^b   Kunz Pirrung, Martina ^b   Gersonde, Rainer ^b   Shemesh, Aldo ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Diatom; Glacial interglacial; Sequence of events; Southern Ocean; Termination

Indexed keywords

CARBON AND NITROGEN; DIATOM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERMINATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA ICE;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP SEA; DIATOM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; TIPULA IRIDESCENT VIRUS;

EID: 84857791485     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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