Enhanced Mediterranean-Atlantic exchange during Atlantic freshening phases

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Rogerson, M ^a   Colmenero Hidalgo, E ^b   Levine, R C ^c   Rohling, E J ^d   Voelker, A H L ^e   Bigg, G R ^c   Schonfeld J ^f   Cacho, I ^g   Sierro, F J ^b   Lowemark L ^h   Reguera, M I ^b   De Abreu, L ^e   Garrick, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^f GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Gibraltar; Heinrich Event; Last Glacial Maximum; Mediterranean; Mediterranean Outflow

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MOORING; OXYGEN; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

ATLANTIC; GIBRALTARS; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEGLACIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW; SALINITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GIBRALTAR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77955834387     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002931     Document Type: Article

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