Holocene and deglacial ocean temperature variability in the Benguela upwelling region: Implications for low-latitude atmospheric circulation

Paleoceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Farmer, E Christa ^a,b   deMenocal, Peter B ^a   Marchitto, Thomas M ^c  

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

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITTLE ICE AGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CORE; UPWELLING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; BENGUELA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 26244458166     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001049     Document Type: Article

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