Late Holocene paleoceanography and climate variability over the Mackenzie Slope (Beaufort Sea, Canadian Arctic)

Marine Geology

Volumn 291-294, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-96

  Bringué, Manuel ^a   Rochon, André ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate variability; Dinoflagellate cysts; Mackenzie Slope; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; MACKENZIE SLOPE; PALYNOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LEAD; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; DOMINANCE; EPISODIC EVENT; GYRE; HETEROTROPHY; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

BRIGANTEDINIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; ECHINIDINIUM; OPERCULODINIUM CENTROCARPUM; PENTAPHARSODINIUM DALEI; POLYKRIKOS;

EID: 84055200844     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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