Persistence of gulf stream separation during the Last Glacial Period: Implications for current separation theories

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Matsumoto, Katsumi ^a   Lynch Stieglitz, Jean ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf Stream separation; Last Glacial Maximum; Marine sediment cores; Oxygen isotope composition; Planktonic foraminifera; Western boundary current

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL; OCEANIC CURRENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEPARATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 0141836190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000861     Document Type: Article

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