Determining paleoceanographic circulations, with emphasis on the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 371-385

  Wunsch, Carl ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER;

PALEOCIRCULATION; RADICARBONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037322673     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00177-4     Document Type: Article

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