Ice age initiation by an ocean-atmospheric circulation change in the Labrador Sea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 367-379

  Johnson, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic controls; Glaciation; Global warming; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIATION; HYDROLOGIC DEFICIT; ICE AGE INITIATION; ICE SHEET GROWTH; INCREASE; PRECIPITATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; TRIGGER; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

LABRADOR SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030779853     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)89640-9     Document Type: Article

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