Palynological Evidence of Climatic and Oceanographic Changes in the North Sea during the Last Deglaciation

Quaternary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-207

  Rochon, André ^a,c   De Vernal, Anne ^a   Sejrup, Hans Petter ^b   Haflidason, Haflidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Deglaciation; Dinoflagellate cyst; Marine palynology; North Sea; Quantitative reconstruction; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0031854294     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1956     Document Type: Article

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