Diatom evidence of hydrographic changes and ice conditions in Igaliku Fjord, South Greenland, during the past 1500 years

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 152-164

  Jensen, Karin G ^a   Kuijpers, Antoon ^a   Koç, Nalân ^b   Heinemeier, Jan ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; 'Mediaeval Warm Period'; Climatic change; Diatoms; East Greenland Current; Greenland; Hydrography; Late Holocene; Norse settlement; Ocean currents; Palaeoceanography; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOCURRENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 1542742565     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl698rp     Document Type: Article

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