Holocene periodicity in North Atlantic climate and deep-ocean flow south of Iceland

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6719, 1999, Pages 515-517

  Bianchi, Giancarlo G ^a   McCave, I Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP WATER; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIODICITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GEOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033545298     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17362     Document Type: Article

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