Deep-water renewal in the Skagerrak during the last 1200 years triggered by the North Atlantic Oscillation: Evidence from benthic foraminiferal δ18O

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-340

  Brückner, Sylvia ^a   Mackensen, Andreas ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

18O; Benthic foraminifera; Deep water renewal; Holocene; NAO; North Sea; Skagerrak

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RENEWAL POLICY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33646348176     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl931rp     Document Type: Article

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