Testing the alkenone D/H ratio as a paleo indicator of sea surface salinity in a coastal ocean margin (Mozambique Channel)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-68

  Kasper, Sebastian ^a   van der Meer, Marcel T J ^a   Castañeda, Isla S ^a,b   Tjallingii, Rik ^a,c   Brummer, Geert Jan A ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkenones; BIT index; Coastal environment; Glacial; Interglacial; Mozambique Channel; Salinity; Stable hydrogen isotopes; Zambezi River

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SURFACE TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALKENONES; BIT INDICES; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; GLACIAL; INTERGLACIAL; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNELS; SALINITY; STABLE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ZAMBEZI RIVER;

SURFACE WATERS;

ALKENONE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL; ZAMBEZI BASIN;

EID: 84911907139     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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