Meltwater pulses in the northern North Atlantic: Retrodiction and forecast by numerical modelling

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 492-498

  Schafer Neth Ch ^a   Stattegger, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circulation changes; Meltwater pulses; Norwegian Greenland seas; Numerical modelling; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; MELT WATER; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLATIC, (NORTH); GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0031396247     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050156     Document Type: Article

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