The meridional temperature gradient in the eastern North Atlantic during MIS 11 and its link to the ocean-atmosphere system

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 333-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-39

  Kandiano, Evgenia S ^a   Bauch, Henning A ^a,b   Fahl, Kirsten ^c   Helmke, Jan P ^d   Röhl, Ursula ^e   Pérez Folgado, Marta ^f   Cacho, Isabel ^g  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Mainz Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

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

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkenone sea surface temperatures; Eastern North Atlantic; Foraminiferal sea surface temperatures; North Atlantic Oscillation; Stage 11

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALKENONE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; IRON; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84860467859     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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