Changes in North Atlantic nitrogen fixation controlled by ocean circulation

Marietta Straub (), Daniel M. Sigman, Haojia Ren, Alfredo Martínez-García, A. Nele Meckler, Mathis P. Hain and Gerald H. Haug
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Marietta Straub: Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Daniel M. Sigman: Princeton University
Haojia Ren: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Alfredo Martínez-García: Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
A. Nele Meckler: Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Mathis P. Hain: Princeton University
Gerald H. Haug: Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland

Nature, 2013, vol. 501, issue 7466, 200-203

Abstract: Reconstructed changes in North Atlantic nitrogen fixation over the past 160,000 years have a 23,000-year cycle that is interpreted to result from precession-paced changes in the supply of phosphorus to surface waters by equatorial Atlantic upwelling.

Date: 2013
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