Large variations in the Holocene marine radiocarbon reservoir effect reflect ocean circulation and climatic changes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 422, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-44

  Hua, Quan ^a   Webb, Gregory E ^b   Zhao, Jian xin ^b   Nothdurft, Luke D ^c   Lybolt, Matthew ^b   Price, Gilbert J ^b   Opdyke, Bradley N ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Corals; Holocene; Marine radiocarbon reservoir effect; Ocean circulation; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TROPICS;

CORALS; HOLOCENES; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; OCEAN CIRCULATION; RESERVOIR EFFECT; SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONES; SOUTHERN WESTERLY WINDS; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WIND;

AUSTRALIA; CHILE; HERON ISLAND; MORETON BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PERU; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VANUATU;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84928136131     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.049     Document Type: Article

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