Late quaternary detrital carbonate (DC-) layers in Baffin Bay marine sediments (67°-74°N): Correlation with Heinrich events in the North Atlantic?

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1125-1137

  Andrews, J T ^a   Kirby, M E ^a   Aksu, A ^b   Barber, D C ^a   Meese, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Cold Regions Environ Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEINRICH EVENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032413188     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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