Variability of the Western Mediterranean sea surface temperature during the last 25,000 years and its connection with the Northern Hemisphere climatic changes

Paleoceanography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-52

  Cacho, Isabel ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Canals, Miquel ^b   Sbaffi, Laura ^c   Shackleton, Nick J ^c   Schönfeld, Joachim ^d   Zahn, Rainer ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(WEST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0035065442     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000PA000502     Document Type: Article

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