Intensified deep Pacific inflow and ventilation in Pleistocene glacial times

I.R. Hall; I Nick McCave; Nicholas J Shackleton; Graham P. Weedon; Sara Harris

doi:10.1038/35090552

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Thermohaline circulationGeologyOceanographyGlacial periodDeep ocean waterNorth Atlantic Deep WaterCircumpolar deep waterPleistoceneThroughflowAntarctic Bottom WaterOcean currentBoundary currentDeep seaOcean heat contentPaleontology

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 412
Issue: 6849
Pages: 809-812
Citations: 241
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                                    I.R. Hall, 
                                
                                    I Nick McCave, 
                                
                                    Nicholas J Shackleton
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Intensified deep Pacific inflow and ventilation in Pleistocene glacial times. 
                            Nature
                            , 412
                            (6849)
                            , 809-812.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/35090552
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/35090552