Solar modulation of North Atlantic central Water formation at multidecadal timescales during the late Holocene

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 161-171

  Morley, Audrey ^a,b   Schulz, Michael ^a   Rosenthal, Yair ^b   Mulitza, Stefan ^a   Paul, André ^a   Rühlemann, Carsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic Mg Ca paleothermometry; Climate signal transfer; Late Holocene; NAO; North Atlantic central water formation; Solar minima LIA

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MG/CA PALEOTHERMOMETRY; CLIMATE SIGNALS; LATE HOLOCENE; NAO; NORTH ATLANTIC; SOLAR MINIMA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CYCLE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; IRRADIANCE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79960053028     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.043     Document Type: Article

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