Slope water current over the Laurentian Fan on interannual to millennial time scares

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5439, 1999, Pages 520-523

  Keigwin, L D ^a   Pickart, R S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CURRENT VELOCITY; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WARMING; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

LAURENTIA;

EID: 0033569418     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5439.520     Document Type: Article

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