Paleoceanographic changes and calcium carbonate dissolution in the central Fram Strait during the last 20ka

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-416

  Zamelczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Rasmussen, Tine L ^a   Husum, Katrine ^a   Haflidason, Haflidi ^b   de Vernal, Anne ^c   Ravna, Erling Krogh ^a   Hald, Morten ^a   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate preservation; Fram Strait; Holocene; Last deglaciation; Planktic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC WATERS; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; DEGLACIATIONS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FRAM STRAIT; HIGH ORGANIC; HOLOCENES; LATE HOLOCENE; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA; SIGNIFICANT SURFACES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEGLACIATION; DISSOLUTION; FRAGMENTATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; FRAM STRAIT;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84867981780     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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