| | ABSTRACTS - FALL 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The level of bottom water oxygenation is derived from the carbon isotope values in foraminiferal calcite, after correction for salinity. |
 | | Excess carbon isotope values are between 0 and -1 permille for most of the last millennium, but became much more negative in the mid 18th to 19th century, with strong variability in the 20th century. |
 | | The low salinity events of the last 100 years correlate strongly with strongly negative excess carbon isotope values, suggesting a linkage between the wet periods and oxidation of organic matter on the bottom of the Sound (algal blooms, warm periods?). |
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