Last interglacial and early glacial circulation in the northern North Atlantic ocean

Quaternary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-26

  Knudsen, Karen Luise ^a   Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig ^a   Kristensen, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate oscillations; Foraminifera; Last interglacial; Nordic seas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; EEMIAN; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0036666367     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2002.2359     Document Type: Article

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