Glacial freshwater discharge events recorded by authigenic neodymium isotopes in sediments from the Mendeleev Ridge, western Arctic Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 2013, Pages 148-157

  Jang, Kwangchul ^a   Han, Yeongcheol ^a   Huh, Youngsook ^a   Nam, Seung Il ^b   Stein, Ruediger ^c   Mackensen, Andreas ^c   Matthiessen, Jens ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

143Nd 144Nd; Circulation; Ice dammed lake; Mendeleev Ridge; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; GLACIAL FRESHWATER DISCHARGES; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MENDELEEV RIDGE; PALEOCLIMATES;

BOILER CIRCULATION; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NEODYMIUM; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER; DISCHARGE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MENDELEYEV RIDGE;

EID: 84878192714     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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