Environmental significance of the Mediterranean Outflow Water and its global implications

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program: Preliminary Reports

Volumn , Issue 339, 2012, Pages 8-97

  Hernández Molina, Francisco J ^a   Stow, Dorrik A V ^b   Zarikian, Carlos Alvarez ^c   Williams, Trevor ^d   Lofi, Johanna ^e   Acton, Gary D ^f   Bahr, André ^g   Balestra, Barbara ^h   Ducassou, Emmanuelle ⁱ   Flood, Roger D ^j   Flores, José Abel ^k   Furota, Satoshi ^l   Grunert, Patrick ^m   Hodell, David A ⁿ   Jimenez Espejo, Francisco J ^o   Kim, Jin Kyoung ^p   Krissek, Lawrence A ^q   Kuroda, Junichiro ^o   Li, Baohua ^r   Lourens, Lucas ^s   Miller, Madeline D ^t   Nanayama, Futoshi ^u   Nishida, Naohisa ^u   Richter, Carl ^v   Sanchez Goni, Maria F ⁱ   Sierro Sánchez, Francisco J ^k   Singh, Arun D ^w   Sloss, Craig R ^x   Takashimizu, Yasuhiro ^y   Tzanova, Alexandrina ^z   Voelker, Antje ^aa   Xuan, Chuang ^ab   Barranco, Estefanìa Llave ^ac   Freixo Roque, Ana Cristina ^ad   Pereira, Hélder ^ae   Banta, Grant ^af   Barnes, Heather ^af   Beck, John ^af   Bennight, Christopher ^af   Blaisdell, Timothy ^af   Broyles, Chad ^af   Claassen, Etienne ^af   Cobine, Trevor ^af   Davis, Roy ^af   Gorgas, Thomas ^af   Grout, Ronald ^af   Gustafson, Ted ^af   Hall, Hillary ^af   Herrmann, Sandra ^af   Hodge, Michael ^af   Hornbacher, Dwight ^af   Jurie Kotze, Jan ^af   Moortgat, Erik ^af   Peng, Chieh ^af   Pleasant, Paul ^af   Prinz, Steve ^af   Rotella, Melissa ^af   Swain, Kerry ^af   Vasilyeva, Yulia ^af   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^j STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^l HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^o JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^p Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^q OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^s UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^t California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^u NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^v UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^w BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^x QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^y NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^z BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^ab OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^ad Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

^ae Grupo de Biologia e Geologia   (Portugal)

^af Avenida Laginha Serafim ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OUTFLOW; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIAN MARGIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84866624028     PISSN: 19329423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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