Holocene cooling culminates in sea ice oscillations in Fram Strait

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-14

  Müller, Juliane ^a   Werner, Kirstin ^b   Stein, Ruediger ^a   Fahl, Kirsten ^a   Moros, Matthias ^c   Jansen, Eystein ^d  

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

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

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fram Strait; Holocene; IP 25; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC WATERS; ATLANTIC WATER; CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FRAM STRAIT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREENLAND; HOLOCENES; ICE RAFTED DETRITUS; IP 25; MARGINAL SEAS; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CORE; SENSITIVE AREA; SPITSBERGEN;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

SEA ICE;

BIOMARKER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COOLING; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; ICE COVER; ICE MARGIN; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; NEOGLACIAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND SHELF; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84861949178     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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