Holocene climate variability in the western Mediterranean region from a deepwater sediment record

Paleoceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Frigola, J ^a   Moreno, A ^b   Cacho, I ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Sierro, F J ^c   Flores, J A ^c   Grimalt, J O ^d   Hodell, D A ^e   Curtis, J H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; OVERTURN; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIODICITY; SEDIMENT CORE; TELECONNECTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34548208792     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006PA001307     Document Type: Article

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