Variations of North Atlantic inflow to the central Arctic Ocean over the last 14 million years inferred from hafnium and neodymium isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 353-354, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-92

  Chen, Tian Yu ^a   Frank, Martin ^a   Haley, Brian A ^b   Gutjahr, Marcus ^c   Spielhagen, Robert F ^a,d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Saxonian Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Intermediate Water; Glaciation; Hf isotopes; Nd isotopes; North Atlantic inflow; Weathering regime

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; GLACIATION; HF ISOTOPE; ND ISOTOPES; NORTH ATLANTIC;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HAFNIUM; MANGANESE; NEODYMIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; WEATHERING;

ISOTOPES;

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLACIATION; HAFNIUM; INTERMEDIATE WATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84865702789     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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