Links between salinity variation in the Caribbean and North Atlantic thermohaline circulation

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6979, 2004, Pages 160-163

  Schmidt, Matthew W ^a   Spero, Howard J ^a   Lea, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; ISOTOPES; OSCILLATIONS; OXYGEN; WATER;

SALINITY VARIATIONS; SURFACE SALINITY;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; FORAMINIFER; HEAT; LATITUDE; MASS; MEASUREMENT; OCEAN CURRENT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOMETRY; TROPICS; WARMING; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; CALCIUM; CARIBBEAN REGION; CLIMATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CARIBBEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 1642415761     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02346     Document Type: Article

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