Forcing of the deep ocean circulation in simulations of the Last Glacial Maximum

Paleoceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 5-1-5-15

  Schmittner, A ^a   Meissner, K J ^a   Eby, M ^a   Weaver, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Last Glacial Maximum; Model evaluation; North Atlantic Deep Water; Numerical simulations; Reconstructions; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0036626396     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001pa000633     Document Type: Article

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