Environmental control on Mediterranean salinity and δ18O

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 706-715

  Rohling, Eelco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOSALINITY; QUATERNARY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033503434     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999PA900042     Document Type: Article

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