Deep-water mass source and dynamic associated with rapid climatic variations during the last glacial stage in the North Atlantic: A multiproxy investigation of the detrital fraction of deep-sea sediments

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ballini, M ^a   Kissel, C ^a   Colin, C ^b   Richter, T ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bottom water circulation; Clay minerals.; Dansgaard oeschger cycles; Glacial period; Magnetic properties; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548609021     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001070     Document Type: Article

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