Identification of Heinrich layers in core KS 01 North-Eastern Atlantic (46°N, 17°W), implications for their origin

Marine Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 5-20

  Auffret, G A ^a,b   Boelaert, A ^a,b   Vergnaud Grazzini, C ^c   Muller C ^d   Kerbrat, R ^a,b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; HEINRICH LAYER; HEINRICH LAYERS; ICE RAFTED DETRITUS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORIGINS; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0029728918     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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