Changes in sea surface hydrology associated with Heinrich event 4 in the North Atlantic Ocean between 40° and 60°N

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 29-45

  Cortijo, Elsa ^a,g   Labeyrie, Laurent ^a,b   Vidal, Laurence ^a,f   Vautravers, Maryline ^c   Chapman, Mark ^d   Duplessy, Jean Claude ^a   Elliot, Mary ^a   Arnold, Maurice ^a   Turon, Jean Louis ^c   Auffret, Gérard ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e IFREMER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Icebergs; North Atlantic; Paleoclimatology; Paleosalinity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; HEINRICH EVENT; HEINRICH EVENT 4; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; ICE AGES; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOSALINITY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030901817     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00217-8     Document Type: Article

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