Late Holocene variations in Pacific surface circulation and biogeochemistry inferred from proteinaceous deep-sea corals

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6019-6028

  Guilderson, T P ^a,b   McCarthy, M D ^b   Dunbar, R B ^c   Englebrecht, A ^a   Roark, E B ^c,d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CORAL; DEEP SEA; GYRE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; UPWELLING;

LINE ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84884276923     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-6019-2013     Document Type: Article

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