Arctic front shifts in the subpolar North Atlantic during the Mid-Pleistocene (800-400ka) and their implications for ocean circulation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 311, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 268-280

  Alonso Garcia, Montserrat ^a   Sierro, Francisco J ^a   Flores, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arctic front; Factor analysis; Mid Pleistocene; Planktic foraminifers; Sea ice extent; Subpolar North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; POLAR FRONT; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATER; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA; TURBOROTALITA QUINQUELOBA;

EID: 81555219189     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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