Late Quaternary Pteropod Preservation in Eastern North Atlantic Sediments in Relation to Changing Climate
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1991-01-01Keywords
changesPteropoda
fossilization
climate
cores
Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic
upper Quaternary
Holocene
CenozoicQuaternarygeochronologyC 14carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesshellsInvertebrataMolluscaabsolute agecarbonatesaragoniteGastropoda
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Ganssen, G. M., Troelstra, S. R., van der Borg, K., & De Jong, A. M. F. (1991). Late Quaternary pteropod preservation in eastern North Atlantic sediments in relation to changing climate. Radiocarbon, 33(3), 277-282.Journal
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AMS 14C measurements on pteropod shells from eastern North Atlantic deep-sea cores reveal distinct periods of aragonite preservation during the last 16,000 years. Most preservation spikes coincide with documented periods of climatic change on a scale of 2 x 101 to 2 x 103 years.Type
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