Radiocarbon evidence for alternating northern and southern sources of ventilation of the deep Atlantic carbon pool during the last deglaciation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 5480-5484

  Skinner, Luke C ^a   Waelbroeck, Claire ^b   Scrivner, Adam E ^a   Fallon, Stewart J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abrupt Change; Carbon Cycle; Ocean Circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ABRUPT CHANGE; CARBON CYCLE; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ICE COVER; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84898806730     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400668111     Document Type: Article

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