Reorganization of the upper ocean circulation in the mid-Holocene in the northeastern Atlantic

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1417-1433

  Solignac, Sandrine ^a   Grelaud, Michael ^b   De Vernal, Anne ^a   Giraudeau, Jacques ^c   Moros, Matthias ^d,e   McCawe, I Nicholas ^f   Hoogakker, Babette ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM TRENDS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS; SEA SURFACE SALINITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEDIMENT CORES; SURFACE CIRCULATIONS; UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

COCCOLITH; CORE ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; FAROE ISLANDS; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59349114718     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-061     Document Type: Article

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