Holocene Atlantic climate variations deduced from carbonate periplatform sediments (leeward margin, Great Bahama Bank)

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Roth, Sven ^a   Reijmer, John J G ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic circulation; Great Bahama Bank; Holocene climate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT BAHAMA BANK;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 2642514946     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000885     Document Type: Article

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