Multiproxy fossil comparison reveals contrasting surface ocean conditions in the western Iceland Sea for the last two interglacials

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 370, Issue , 2013, Pages 247-259

  Van Nieuwenhove, Nicolas ^a,b   Bauch, Henning A ^a,c   Andruleit, Harald ^d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Academy of Science and Literature Mainz   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Greenland Current; Holocene; Irminger Current; Last Interglacial; Nordic seas; Planktic microfossils

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND; EAST ICELANDIC CURRENT; GREENLAND; ICELAND SHELF;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84872599520     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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