Widespread and synchronous change in deep-ocean circulation in the North and South Atlantic during the Late Cretaceous

Paleoceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Robinson, Stuart A ^a   Vance, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA; HEAT TRANSFER; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SYNCHRONY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84859355612     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011PA002240     Document Type: Article

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