Abrupt wind regime changes in the North Atlantic Ocean during the past 30,000-60,000 years

Paleoceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  López Martínez, Constancia ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Hoogakker, Babette ^b   Gruetzner, Jens ^c   Vautravers, Maryline J ^b,d   McCave, I Nicholas ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ICE CORE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; TELECONNECTION; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE RIDGE;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34247646747     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006PA001275     Document Type: Article

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