A diatom-based reconstruction of Early Holocene hydrographic and climatic change in a southwest Greenland fjord

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 166-176

  Ren, Jian ^a   Jiang, Hui ^b   Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig ^c   Kuijpers, Antoon ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Early Holocene; Fjord environment; Holocene thermal maximum; Sea ice; West Greenland; West Greenland current; XRF

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; FJORD; HYDROGRAPHY; HYPSITHERMAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; MELTWATER; NEOGLACIAL; OUTFLOW; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATER; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 59049086540     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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