A Holocene North Atlantic SST record and regional climate variability

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 3181-3195

  Sejrup, H P ^a   Haflidason, H ^a   Andrews, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; North Atlantic; Paleoclimatology; SST; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; SST; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HOLOCENE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOCLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CYCLE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEPHRA; TIME SERIES; TREE RING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; ICELAND; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCANDINAVIA;

NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 80052949898     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.025     Document Type: Article

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