Variability of the Arctic front during the last climatic cycle: Application of a novel molecular proxy

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 86-89

  Rosell Melé, Antoni ^a   Weinelt, Mara ^b   Sarnthein, Michael ^b   Koç, Nalân ^c   Jansen, Eystein ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANIC FRONT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032465735     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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