Sea-ice cover, sea-surface salinity and halo-/thermocline structure of the northwest North Atlantic: Modern versus full glacial conditions

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1-5, 2000, Pages 65-85

  De Vernal, Anne ^a   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOCLINE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033970675     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00055-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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