Eemian and Early Weichselian (140-60 ka) Paleoceanography and paleoclimate in the Nordic Seas with comparisons to Holocene conditions

Paleoceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 443-462

  Fronval, Torben ^a,b   Jansen, Eystein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EEMIAN; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; WEICHSELIAN;

GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0031452599     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97PA00322     Document Type: Article

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