Enhanced stratification and seasonality in the Subarctic Pacific upon Northern Hemisphere Glaciation-New evidence from diatom-bound nitrogen isotopes, alkenones and archaeal tetraethers

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 351-352, Issue , 2012, Pages 84-94

  Studer, Anja S ^a   Martínez Garcia, Alfredo ^a   Jaccard, Samuel L ^a   Girault, France E ^a   Sigman, Daniel M ^b   Haug, Gerald H ^a,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diatom bound nitrogen isotopes; Northern Hemisphere Glaciation; Nutrient status; Plio Pleistocene transition; Sea surface temperature reconstructions; Subarctic Pacific stratification

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; NUTRIENT STATUS; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

NITROGEN;

ALKENONE; DIATOM; GLACIATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OPAL; PLEISTOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIFICATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

ARCHAEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCUS;

EID: 84865519794     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.029     Document Type: Article

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