Millennial-scale changes of surface- and deep-water flow in the western tropical Atlantic linked to Northern Hemisphere high-latitude climate during the Holocene

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-242

  Arz, Helge W ^a   Gerhardt, S ^a   Patzold J ^a   Rohl U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonate preservation; Holocene; Oceanography; Stable oxygen isotopes; Thermohaline circulation; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035263461     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0239:MSCOSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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