Warming of the tropical Atlantic Ocean and slowdown of thermohaline circulation during the last deglaciation

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6761, 1999, Pages 511-514

  Rühlemann, Carsten ^a   Mulitza, Stefan ^a   Müller, Peter J ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a   Zahn, Ralner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WARMING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0039590448     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/990069     Document Type: Article

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