Late Glacial to Holocene radiocarbon constraints on North Pacific Intermediate Water ventilation and deglacial atmospheric CO2 sources

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 397, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-66

  Davies Walczak, Maureen ^a,b   Mix, A C ^a   Stoner, J S ^a   Southon, J R ^c   Cheseby, M ^a   Xuan, C ^a,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; North Pacific; Radiocarbon; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; VENTILATION;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEGLACIATIONS; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; LIMITED VENTILATION; NORTH PACIFIC; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RADIOCARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ICE RETREAT; LATE GLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CORE;

BERING STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84899785968     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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