Response of the Western Mediterranean Sea to rapid climatic variability during the last 50,000 years: A molecular biomarker approach

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 33-34, Issue , 2002, Pages 253-272

  Cacho, I ^a,c   Grimalt, J O ^a   Canals, M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep water; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimatology; Sea surface temperature; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIERS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMARKER; DEEP WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036606569     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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