Vertical density gradient in the eastern North Atlantic during the last 30,000 years

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 589-598

  Rogerson, M ^a   Bigg, G R ^b   Rohling, E J ^c   Ramirez, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Iberian margin; Mediterranean outflow; Meridional overturning; Overflow physics; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW; OVERTURN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IBERIAN MARGIN; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84864379349     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1148-4     Document Type: Article

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