Millennial-scale changes in atmospheric CO2 levels linked to the Southern Ocean carbon isotope gradient and dust flux

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 457-461

  Ziegler, Martin ^a   Diz, Paula ^a,d   Hall, Ian R ^a   Zahn, Rainer ^b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP WATER; DUST; ICE CORE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84878725630     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1782     Document Type: Article

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