Glacial North Atlantic: Sea-surface conditions reconstructed by GLAMAP 2000

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Pflaumann, U ^a   Sarnthein, M ^a   Chapman, M ^b   d'Abreu, L ^c   Funnell, B ^b   Huels, M ^a   Kiefer, T ^a   Maslin, M ^d   Schulz, H ^e   Swallow, J ^f   van Kreveld, S ^a   Vautravers, M ^c   Vogelsang, E ^a   Weinelt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic sea surface temperatures; Glacial cooling near equator; Glacial upwelling intensity; Last Glacial Maximum; Sea ice cover; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0142035061     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000774     Document Type: Article

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