Evidence from the high-latitude North Atlantic for variations in Antarctic Intermediate water flow during the last deglaciation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Rickaby, R E M ^a   Elderfield, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulation; Deglaciation; Paleoceanography; Proxy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344459500     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000858     Document Type: Article

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