Southwest Pacific deep water carbonate chemistry linked to high southern latitude climate and atmospheric CO2 during the Last Glacial Termination

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 180-191

  Allen, Katherine A ^a,b   Sikes, Elisabeth L ^a   Hönisch, Bärbel ^b   Elmore, Aurora C ^c   Guilderson, Thomas P ^d,e   Rosenthal, Yair ^a   Anderson, Robert F ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B Ca; Benthic foraminifera; Carbon isotopes; Glacial termination; Ice age cycles; Marine carbon cycle

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CARBON; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON ISOTOPES; GLACIAL TERMINATIONS; ICE AGE; MARINE CARBON CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BORON; CALCIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP WATER; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; INORGANIC CARBON; INTERMEDIATE WATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VENTILATION; WATER MASS;

BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

CIBICIDOIDES WUELLERSTORFI; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84935919405     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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