Stability of North Atlantic water masses in face of pronounced climate variability during the Pleistocene

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Raymo, M E ^a   Oppo, D W ^b   Flower, B P ^c   Hodell, D A ^d   McManus, J F ^b   Venz, K A ^d   Kleiven, K F ^e   McIntyre, K ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

North Atlantic deep water; Paleoceanography; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP WATER; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 4544293724     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000921     Document Type: Article

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