Ocean Bi-polar seesaw and climate: Southern versus northern meltwater impacts

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 126, Issue , 2001, Pages 147-167

  Seidov, Dan ^a   Haupt, Bernd J ^a   Barron, Eric J ^a   Maslin, Mark ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548230625     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM126p0147     Document Type: Chapter

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