Evidence of multidecadal salinity variability in the eastern tropical North Atlantic

Paleoceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Moses, Christopher S ^a,b   Swart, Peter K ^a   Rosenheim, Brad E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL RECORD; DECADAL VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOSALINITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANTHOZOA; SIDERASTREA RADIANS;

EID: 34248997833     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005PA001257     Document Type: Article

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