North Pacific deglacial hypoxic events linked to abrupt ocean warming

Nature

Volumn 527, Issue 7578, 2015, Pages 362-366

  Praetorius, S K ^a,c   Mix, A C ^a   Walczak, M H ^a   Wolhowe, M D ^a   Addison, J A ^b   Prahl, F G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; CARBON; SEA WATER;

ALKENONE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; HYPOXIA; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEAFLOOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEGLACIATION; DEOXYGENATION; FISHERY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; DIATOM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORAMINIFER; HISTORY; ICE COVER; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

ALASKA; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON; DIATOMS; FEEDBACK; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ICE COVER; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84947712352     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature15753     Document Type: Article

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