Is ocean thermohaline circulation linked to abrupt stadial/interstadial transitions?

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1-5, 2000, Pages 255-272

  Boyle, Edward A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL RECORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HEINRICH EVENT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033981312     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00065-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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