Using ocean margin density to constrain ocean circulation and surface wind strength in the past

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2001, Pages

  Lynch Stieglitz, Jean ^a  

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

Author keywords

foraminifera; Geostrophic transport; ocean margin; oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY;

FORAMINIFERA; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN MARGIN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; THERMOHALINE OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 22144460083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000208     Document Type: Article

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