Variability of sea-surface temperature and sea-ice cover in the Fram Strait over the last two millennia

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 59-74

  Bonnet, Sophie ^a   de Vernal, Anne ^a   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^a   Radi, Taoufik ^a   Husum, Katrine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dinocyst; Fram Strait; Holocene; Nordic Seas; Sea surface conditions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CORE; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; NORWEGIAN SEA;

HYPERACANTHUS; IMPAGIDINIUM; MIRABILIS; PENTAPHARSODINIUM DALEI; SPINIFERITES MIRABILIS;

EID: 77649272615     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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