Holocene variability of the North Atlantic Irminger current on the south- and northwest shelf of Iceland

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 101-118

  Ólafsdóttir, Sædís ^a   Jennings, Anne E ^b   Geirsdóttir, Aslaug ^a   Andrews, John ^b   Miller, Gifford H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Holocene; Iceland; Irminger Current; Stable isotopes; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYPSITHERMAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE FLUX; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND SHELF;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 78649323198     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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