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Late Quaternary Pteropod Preservation in Eastern North Atlantic Sediments in Relation to Changing Climate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

G. M. Ganssen,
S. R. Troelstra,
Klaas van der Borg and
A. M. F. de Jong
G. M. Ganssen
Affiliation:
Geomarine Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, Free University, P.O. Box 7161 1007 MC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
S. R. Troelstra
Affiliation:
Geomarine Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, Free University, P.O. Box 7161 1007 MC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Klaas van der Borg
Affiliation:
Robert J. van der Graaff Laboratorium, State University Utrecht, Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht The Netherlands
A. M. F. de Jong
Affiliation:
Robert J. van der Graaff Laboratorium, State University Utrecht, Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht The Netherlands
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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 × 101 to 2 × 103 years.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , 1991, pp. 277 - 282
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