Rapid climatic variability of the North Atlantic Ocean and global climate: A focus of the IMAGES program

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1-5, 2000, Pages 227-241

  Cortijo, Elsa ^a   Labeyrie, Laurent ^a,b   Elliot, Mary ^a   Balbon, Estelle ^a   Tisnerat, Nadine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE CORE; QUATERNARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033961978     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00063-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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