Silicon isotopes indicate enhanced carbon export efficiency in the North Atlantic during deglaciation

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hendry, Katharine R ^a,b,c   Robinson, Laura F ^b,c   McManus, Jerry F ^d   Hays, James D ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; ISOTOPE; SILICIC ACID; SILICON;

CARBON; DEGLACIATION; DIATOM; EDDY; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL; NUTRIENT; OPAL; SILICIC ACID; SILICON; WATER DEPTH;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SARGASSO SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84896846223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4107     Document Type: Article

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