Exotic pollen as an indicator of variable atmospheric circulation over the Labrador Sea region during the mid to late Holocene

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-296

  Jessen, Catherine A ^a   Solignac, Sandrine ^b   Nørgaard Pedersen, Niels ^a   Mikkelsen, Naja ^a   Kuijpers, Antoon ^a   Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Exotic pollen; Fjord sediments; Labrador Sea; Late Holocene; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FJORD; HOLOCENE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; SUMMER; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA; NARSAQ; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PLACENTIA BAY;

EID: 79954528603     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1453     Document Type: Article

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