Intermediate water links to Deep Western Boundary Current variability in the subtropical NW Atlantic during marine isotope stages 5 and 4

Paleoceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Evans, H K ^a   Hall, I R ^a   Bianchi, G G ^a   Oppo, D W ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; WATER COLUMN; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); BLAKE RIDGE;

EID: 36749063504     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006PA001409     Document Type: Article

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