Climate fluctuations during the Holocene in NW Iberia: High and low latitude linkages

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1487-1496

  Pena, L D ^a   Frances G ^b   Diz, P ^b,c   Esparza, M ^d   Grimalt, J O ^d   Nombela, M A ^b   Alejo, I ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

1500 yr cycles; Benthic foraminifera; Isotopes; Molecular biomarkers; Paleoceanography; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; LATITUDE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERTURBATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CAPE BLANC; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77954624164     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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