High frequency climate variability of the Norwegian Atlantic current during the early Holocene period and a possible connection to the Gleissberg cycle

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-255

  Berner, K S ^a,b   Koc N ^a,b   Godtliebsen, F ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate; Geology; High frequency; Holocene; Oceanography; Sea surface; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; CORE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; HEAT TRANSFER; INSOLATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CYCLE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 77649256035     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609350391     Document Type: Article

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