Variability in surface and deep water conditions in the nordic seas during the last interglacial period

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 963-985

  Fronval, Torben ^a   Jansen, Eystein ^b   Haflidason, Haflidi ^b   Sejrup, Hans Petter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; DEEP WATER FORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERA; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATER;

GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0031712712     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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