Reconstruction of inflow of Atlantic Water to Isfjorden, Svalbard during the Holocene: Correlation to climate and seasonality

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 94-95, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-90

  Rasmussen, T L ^a   Forwick, M ^a   Mackensen, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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

Author keywords

Atlantic Water; Benthic foraminifera; Holocene climate; Seasonality; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLIMATE VARIATION; EPISODIC EVENT; HOLOCENE; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; INTERGLACIAL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ISFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84864041222     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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