Cooling and freshening at 8.2ka on the NW Iceland Shelf recorded in paired δ 18O and Mg/Ca measurements of the benthic foraminifer Cibicides lobatulus

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 528-539

  Quillmann, Ursula ^a   Marchitto, Thomas M ^a   Jennings, Anne E ^a   Andrews, John T ^a   Friestad, Birgitte F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

8.2 event; Cibicides lobatulus; Icelandic shelf; Irminger Current; Mg Ca temperature calibration; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

8.2 EVENT; CIBICIDES LOBATULUS; ICELANDICS; NORTH ATLANTIC; TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOOD; ICE CORE; MAGNESIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; ICELAND SHELF; IRMINGER CURRENT;

CIBICIDES LOBATULUS; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84867991044     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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