Climatic changes during the last deglaciation recorded in sediment cores from the northeastern Brazilian Continental Margin

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-218

  Arz, H W ^a   Patzold J ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEGLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL MARGIN;

EID: 0033389974     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050111     Document Type: Article

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