Modeling the effect of freshwater pulses on the early Holocene climate: The influence of high-frequency climate variability

Paleoceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 10-1-10-16

  Renssen, H ^a   Goosse, H ^b   Fichefet, T ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coupled climate model; Holocene; Meltwater; Predictability; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FRESHWATER INPUT; HOLOCENE; MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0036626411     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001PA000649     Document Type: Article

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