Decadal-to centennial-scale tropical Atlantic climate variability across a Dansgaard-Oeschger cycle

Paleoceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hertzberg, J E ^a,b   Black, D E ^a   Peterson, L C ^c   Thunell, R C ^d   Haug, G H ^e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CENSUS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; DECADAL VARIATION; FORAMINIFERA; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; TRADE WIND; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES;

EID: 84865631960     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011PA002251     Document Type: Article

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