Sediment fluxes along the northeastern European Margin: Inferring hydrological changes between 20 and 8 kyr

Marine Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 7-23

  Abrantes, F ^a   Baas, J ^b   Haflidason, H ^c   Rasmussen, T ^d   Klitgaard, D ^c   Loncaric, N ^a   Gaspar, L ^a  

^a Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eastern North Atlantic; Heinrich event 1; Palaeocirculation; Productivity; Sedimentary fluxes

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032212687     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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