Asynchronous deposition of ice-rafted layers in the Nordic seas and North Atlantic Ocean

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6742, 1999, Pages 348-351

  Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Elverhoi A ^b   Andrews, J T ^c   Hebbeln, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; LAKE WATER; SEA WATER;

HEINRICH EVENT; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; ICEBERG CALVING; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033595282     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22510     Document Type: Article

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