A "critical" climatic evaluation of last interglacial (MIS 5e) records from the Norwegian Sea

Polar Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-151

  Bauch, Henning A ^a   Erlenkeuser, Helmut ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lastinter glacial; Nordic seas; Palaeoceanography; Planktic foraminifers; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORE ANALYSIS; DEGLACIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; ICE SHEET; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 48049083919     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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