Constraints on the salinity-oxygen isotope relationship in the central tropical Pacific Ocean

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 161, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-33

  Conroy, Jessica L ^a   Cobb, Kim M ^b   Lynch Stieglitz, Jean ^b   Polissar, Pratigya J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleoclimate; Salinity; Stable water isotope; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84896096016     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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