Environmental change in eastern Greenland during the last 1300 years: Evidence from foraminifera and lithofacies in Nansen Fjord, 68°N

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-191

  Jennings, Anne E ^a   Weiner, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; benthic foraminifera; Greenland; Medieval Warm Period; palaeoceanography; sea ice

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA;

FORAMINIFERA; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

GREENLAND, NANSEN FJORD;

EID: 0029660057     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600205     Document Type: Article

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