Oceanic and atmospheric variations during the last deglaciation in the Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean): A coupled high-resolution organic-geochemical and sedimentological study

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 29-47

  Birgel, Daniel ^a,b   Hass, H Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

DEGLACIATION; NEAR-BOTTOM CURRENT CONDITIONS; YOUNGER DRYAS (YD) EPISODE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIOMARKER; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 1542381066     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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