Deep western boundary current variability in the subtropical northwest Atlantic Ocean during marine isotope stages 12-10

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Hall, Ian R ^a   Becker, Julia ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic thermohaline circulation; Blake bahama outer ridge; Deep western boundary current; ODP leg 172; Sortable silt mean grain size

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749088669     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001518     Document Type: Article

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