Holocene paleoceanography of the northwest passage, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 25-26, 2010, Pages 3468-3488

  Ledu, David ^a   Rochon, André ^a   de Vernal, Anne ^b   St Onge, Guillaume ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC PATTERN; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HOLOCENES; ICE CORE; ICE-CAPS; KEY LOCATION; NORTHWEST PASSAGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-ICE COVER; SEA-SURFACE CONDITIONS; SECULAR VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PARAMETER; THERMAL MAXIMA; TIME-PERIODS; TIME-SCALES; WEST GREENLAND CURRENTS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING SYSTEMS; GEOMAGNETISM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ICE; LEAD; SECURITY OF DATA; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE;

BARROW STRAIT; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; DEVON ISLAND; LANCASTER SOUND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78049427175     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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