The climate influence on the mid-depth Northeast Atlantic gyres viewed by cold-water corals

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Montero Serrano, Jean Carlos ^a,b,c   Frank, Norbert ^a   Colin, Christophe ^b   Wienberg, Claudia ^d   Eisele, Markus ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC WATER; CLIMATE COOLING; CLIMATE WARMING; COLD-WATER CORALS; FRESHWATER FLUXES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LABRADOR SEA; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MID-DEPTH OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REEF FRAMEWORK-FORMING; SUBPOLAR GYRES; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; WATER MASS;

NEODYMIUM;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COLD WATER; COOLING; CORAL; FRESHWATER INPUT; GYRE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OVERTURN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; THERMOCLINE; WARMING; WATER MASS; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); GULF OF CADIZ; LABRADOR SEA; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80053952298     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048733     Document Type: Article

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