Nor ater variability during the last 200ka recorded in an abyssal sediment core off South Africa

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 80-81, Issue , 2012, Pages 180-189

  Krueger, S ^a   Leuschner, D C ^a   Ehrmann, W ^a   Schmiedl, G ^b   Mackensen, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AABW; Deep water formation; Ice shelf water; Kaolinite chlorite ratio; NADW; Polynya; Sortable silt; Weddell sea

Indexed keywords

AABW; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; ICE SHELF WATER; NADW; POLYNYA; WEDDELL SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT;

SEA ICE;

ABYSSAL ZONE; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLORITE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GRAIN SIZE; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; KAOLINITE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; POLYNYA; QUATERNARY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE;

SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 83855165149     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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