Coccolith evidence for instabilities in surface circulation south of Iceland during Holocene times

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-268

  Giraudeau, Jacques ^a   Cremer, Michel ^a   Manthé, Sandrine ^a   Labeyrie, Laurent ^b   Bond, Gerard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Emiliania huxleyi; Holocene; Iceland; Ocean circulation; Thermal circulation

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; HOLOCENE; INSTABILITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

ICELAND;

EID: 0033940271     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00113-8     Document Type: Article

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