Foraminiferal reconstruction of mid- to late-Holocene ocean circulation and climate variability in Disko Bugt, West Greenland

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1079-1091

  Lloyd, Jeremy M ^a   Kuijpers, Antoon ^b   Long, Antony ^a   Moros, Matthias ^c,d   Park, Laura A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Disko Bugt; Foraminifera; Hydrographic variability; Ocean circulation; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHY; HYPSITHERMAL; NEOGLACIAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC; DISKO BAY; GREENLAND;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 38349004613     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607082548     Document Type: Article

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