Reconstructing North Atlantic deglacial surface hydrography and its link to the Atlantic overturning circulation

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 163-175

  Thornalley, David J R ^a,b   Elderfield, Harry ^a   McCave, I Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Deglaciation; Melt water; North Atlantic; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DEGLACIATIONS; MELT WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC; SALINITY;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; HYDROLOGY; ICE; ISOTOPES; MOORING; NAVIGATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; VENTILATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE SHEET; LAST DEGLACIATION; MAGNESIUM; MELTWATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; VENTILATION; WATER MASS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 80655140582     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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