Modeling the water masses of the Atlantic Ocean at the last glacial maximum

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Paul, André ^a   Schäfer Neth, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; GLAMAP 2000; Interocean exchange; Last glacial maximum (LGM); Ocean modeling; Ventilated thermocline

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; THERMOCLINE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0346901881     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002pa000783     Document Type: Article

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