Holocene climate variability at multidecadal time scales detected by sedimentological indicators in a shelf core NW off Iceland

Marine Geology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-338

  Andresen, Camilla S ^a   Bond, Gerard ^b   Kuijpers, Antoon ^c   Knutz, Paul C ^d   Björck, Svante ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basalt plagioclase ratios; Carbonate production; Holocene; Iceland; Storm activity

Indexed keywords

CURRENT ENERGY; PALEOCLIMATIC DEVELOPMENT; POLAR WATERS; RADIOCARBON DATES;

BASALT; CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PETROLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION; STORM DEPOSIT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

EID: 12544253265     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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