Enhanced anticyclonic circulation in the eastern North Atlantic during cold intervals of the last deglaciation inferred from deep-sea pollen records

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-122

  Lézine, Anne Marie ^a   Denèfle, Michelle ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; COLD PHASIS; DEEP SEA; LAST DEGLACIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; POLLEN ANALYSIS; STRONG WINDS;

GEOLOGY;

ANTICYCLONE; DEEP SEA; LAST DEGLACIATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; WESTERLY; CIRCULATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; POLLEN ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); (NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030946831     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0119:EACITE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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