Modeling a 200-Yr interruption of the Holocene Sapropel S1

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 98-104

  Myers, Paul G ^a   Rohling, Eelco J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; Mediterranean Sea; Paleomodeling; Sapropel interruptions

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SAPROPEL;

EID: 0034012840     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2100     Document Type: Article

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