Reduced sea ice concentrations in the Arctic Ocean during the last interglacial period revealed by sediment cores off northern Greenland

Paleoceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Nørgaard Pedersen, Niels ^a   Mikkelsen, Naja ^a   Lassen, Susanne Juul ^a   Kristoffersen, Yngve ^b   Sheldon, Emma ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ICE CORE; ICE COVER; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA;

FORAMINIFERA; TURBOROTALITA QUINQUELOBA;

EID: 34249701337     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006PA001283     Document Type: Article

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