Changes in meridional temperature and salinity gradients in the North Atlantic Ocean (30°-72°N) during the last interglacial period

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-33

  Cortijo, Elsa ^a   Lehman, Scott ^b   Keigwin, Lloyd ^c   Chapman, Mark ^d   Paillard, Didier ^a   Labeyrie, Laurent ^a,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033054961     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998PA900004     Document Type: Article

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