Salinity changes in the Agulhas leakage area recorded by stable hydrogen isotopes of C37 alkenones during Termination i and II

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 251-260

  Kasper, S ^a   Van Der Meer, M T J ^a   Mets, A ^a   Zahn, R ^b,c   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a   Schouten, S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; CALCIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MAGNESIUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WARMING;

AFRICA; AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84893632503     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-251-2014     Document Type: Article

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