The little ice age and medieval warm period in the Sargasso Sea

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5292, 1996, Pages 1504-1508

  Keigwin, Lloyd D ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION;

ATLANTIC, SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0029659429     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5292.1504     Document Type: Article

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