Nutrient conditions in the subpolar North Atlantic during the last glacial period reconstructed from foraminifera-bound nitrogen isotopes

Paleoceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-90

  Straub, M ^a   Tremblay, M M ^b   Sigman, D M ^c   Studer, A S ^a   Ren, H ^d   Toggweiler, J R ^e   Haug, G H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heinrich Events; North Atlantic; Nutrient consumption

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT USE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 84876716592     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/palo.20013     Document Type: Article

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