Variability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation during the last interglacial period

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6656, 1997, Pages 154-156

  Adkins, Jess F ^a   Boyle, Edward A ^a   Keigwin, Lloyd ^b   Cortijo, Elsa ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; ICE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 18; THORIUM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC, BERMUDA RISE;

EID: 0030701521     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36540     Document Type: Article

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