Holocene changes in eastern equatorial Atlantic salinity as estimated by water isotopologues

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 362, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-162

  Leduc, Guillaume ^a   Sachs, Julian P ^b   Kawka, Orest E ^b   Schneider, Ralph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Alkenone D; Eastern equatorial Atlantic; Holocene; Salinity; Water isotopologues

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MONSOON; ALKENONES; EASTERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC; HOLOCENES; ISOTOPOLOGUES; SALINITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; RAIN; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SALINITY; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 84872016034     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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