Late Holocene history of the rainfall in the NW Iberian peninsula-Evidence from a marine record

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 72, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 366-382

  Bernardez P ^a,b   Gonzalez Alvarez R ^a   Frances G ^a   Prego, R ^b   Barcena M A ^c   Romero, O E ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diatom assemblages; Late Holocene; North Atlantic Oscillation; NW Iberian Peninsula; Paleoclimatology; Rainfall; River input

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES; LATE HOLOCENE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; RECORD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 43649093221     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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