Florida Current surface temperature and salinity variability during the last millennium

Paleoceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Lund, David C ^a,b   Curry, William ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); DRY TORTUGAS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREAT BAHAMA BANK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751306065     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005PA001218     Document Type: Article

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