Holocene environmental evolution of the SE Greenland Shelf North and South of the Denmark Strait: Irminger and East Greenland current interactions

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 980-998

  Jennings, A ^a   Andrews, J ^a   Wilson, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate; East Greenland; Foraminifers; Holocene; Irminger Current; Subpolar gyre

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; MELTING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE; FORAMINIFERS; GREENLAND; HOLOCENES; IRMINGER CURRENTS; SUBPOLAR GYRES;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; GYRE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LITHOFACIES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; POLAR FRONT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; EAST GREENLAND SHELF; GREENLAND SEA; IRMINGER SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79952450969     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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