Coherent deep flow variation in the Iceland and American basins during the last interglacial

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 15-21

  Hall, Ian R ^a   McCave, I Nicholas ^a   Chapman, Mark R ^a   Shackleton, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interglacial environment; North Atlantic; North Atlantic Deep Water; Silt; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

LAST INTERGLACIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; SILT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032535820     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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