Evolution of Atlantic thermohaline circulation: Early Oligocene onset of deep-water production in the North Atlantic

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 441-444

  Via, Rachael K ^a,b   Thomas, Deborah J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep water circulation; Nd isotopes; Ocean Drilling Program; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

DEEP-OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; DEEP-WATER CIRCULATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEEP WATER FORMATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OLIGOCENE; OVERTURN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33745316800     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22545.1     Document Type: Article

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