Warm Atlantic surface water inflow to the Nordic seas 34-10 calibrated ka B.P

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rasmussen, Tine L ^a,b   Thomsen, Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLACIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE SHEET; INFLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER; WARM WATER; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 45749144365     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001453     Document Type: Article

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