Deep circulation changes in the central South Atlantic during the past 145 kyrs reflected in a combined231Pa/230Th, Neodymium isotope and benthic δC13 record

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 419, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-21

  Jonkers, Lukas ^a,b   Zahn, Rainer ^a,c,d   Thomas, Alexander ^e,f   Henderson, Gideon ^e   Abouchami, Wafa ^g,h,i   François, Roger ^j   Masque, Pere ^a,d,k,l   Hall, Ian R ^b   Bickert, Torsten ^m  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

ⁱ University of British Columbia ^*  (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^l EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

231Pa 230Th; (deep) ocean circulation; Benthic C13; Neodymium isotopes; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; SOUTH ATLANTIC; WATER MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; ^231PA/^230TH;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP WATER; GYRE; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEDIMENT CORE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84924965362     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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