Structure of the upper water column in the northwest North Atlantic: Modern versus Last Glacial Maximum conditions

Paleoceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2-1-2-15

  de Vernal, Anne ^a   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^a   Peltier, W Richard ^b   Weaver, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Last glacial maximum; LGM; North Atlantic; Pycnocline; Salinity

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SALINITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 0346275202     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001pa000665     Document Type: Article

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