Late Holocene paleoceanographic evidence of the influence of the Aleutian Low and North Pacific High on circulation in the Seymour-Belize Inlet Complex, British Columbia, Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 2833-2850

  Vázquez Riveiros, Natalia ^a   Patterson, R Timothy ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; ALEUTIAN LOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOTTOM WATER; BREAK DOWN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATIC CYCLES; ESTUARINE CIRCULATION; FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS; GRADUAL TRANSITION; LATE HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OPEN OCEAN; RELATIVE STRENGTH; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTUARIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OXYGEN;

CATCHMENTS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FJORD; FORAMINIFERA; GYRE; HOLOCENE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTOZOAN; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

EID: 70350064169     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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