Magnetic characterisation of present-day deep-sea sediments and sources in the North Atlantic

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 379-394

  Watkins, S J ^a   Maher, B A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

North Atlantic circulation; Sediment magnetic properties; Sediment sources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DEEP SEA; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141855271     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00422-9     Document Type: Article

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