Synchroneity of tropical and high-latitude Atlantic temperatures over the last glacial termination

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5638, 2003, Pages 1361-1364

  Lea, David W ^a   Pak, Dorothy K ^a   Peterson, Larry C ^b   Hughen, Konrad A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METHANE;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL; METHANE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNCHRONY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; LATITUDE; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0042190366     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1088470     Document Type: Article

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