Quaternary history of sea ice and paleoclimate in the Amerasia Basin, Arctic Ocean, as recorded in the cyclical strata of Northwind Ridge

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1101-1115

  Phillips, R Lawrence ^a   Grantz, Arthur ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLACIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTS;

ARCTIC OCEAN SEA ICES; CONTINENTAL GLACIATIONS; GLACIAL TERMINATIONS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BRUNHES CHRON; ECCENTRICITY; HOLOCENE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA ICE; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY OCEAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NEVADA; NORTHWIND RIDGE; UNITED STATES; AMERASIA BASIN;

EID: 0031419161     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1101:QHOSIA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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