Direct ventilation of the North Pacific did not reach the deep ocean during the last deglaciation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 199-203

  Jaccard, S L ^a   Galbraith, E D ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATIONS; DENSE WATERS; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; LAST DEGLACIATION; LOCAL SOURCE; NORTH PACIFIC; REDOX SENSITIVES; SEDIMENT CORE;

STREAM FLOW;

VENTILATION;

DEEP SEA; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CORE; TRACE METAL; VENTILATION; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84874853982     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054118     Document Type: Article

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