Reconstructing Holocene palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography in Isafjaroardjúp, northwest Iceland, from two fjord records overprinted by relative sea-level and local hydrographic changes

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1144-1159

  Quillmann, Ursula ^a   Jennings, Anne ^a   Andrews, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fjord water overturning; Fjords; Foraminifera; Iceland; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; FJORD; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSALINITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

ICELAND;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77958142710     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1395     Document Type: Article

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