Late Holocene intermediate water variability in the northeastern Atlantic as recorded by deep-sea corals

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 313-314, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-44

  Copard, K ^a,b   Colin, C ^a   Henderson, G M ^c   Scholten, J ^d   Douville, E ^b   Sicre, M A ^b   Frank, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Deep sea corals; Late Holocene; Nd isotopic composition; Northeastern Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC ANOMALIES; DEEP-SEA CORALS; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; GYRE CIRCULATION; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATE HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; LOW-TO-HIGH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC; SUBPOLAR GYRES; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBONATE MINERALS; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

NEODYMIUM;

ARAGONITE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL RECORD; DEEP SEA; GYRE; HOLOCENE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITTLE ICE AGE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ANTHOZOA; DESMOPHYLLUM DIANTHUS; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA;

EID: 82655169366     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.047     Document Type: Article

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