Paleoceanographic reconstructions from planktonic foraminifera off the Iberian Margin: Temperature, salinity, and Heinrich events

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 384-396

  Cayre, Olivia ^a   Lancelot, Yves ^a,c   Vincent, Edith ^a,c   Hall, Michael A ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RECONSTRUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0032843491     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998pa900027     Document Type: Article

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