Evidence for changes in the North Atlantic Deep Water linked to meltwater surges during the Heinrich events

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 13-27

  Vidal, L ^a,f   Labeyrie, L ^a,b   Cortijo, E ^a,e   Arnold, M ^a   Duplessy, J C ^a   Michel, E ^a   Becque S ^c   Van Weering, T C E ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Géochimie Sédimentaire   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C 13 C 12; Meltwater; North Atlantic; North Atlantic Deep Water; O 18 O 16; Paleocirculation

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; DEEP-WATER MASSES; HEINRICH EVENT; HEINRICH EVENTS; ICE AGES; ICEBERG DISCHARGE; MELT WATER; NADW; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030976764     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00192-6     Document Type: Article

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