Climate signatures on decadal to interdecadal time scales as obtained from mollusk shells (Arctica islandica) from Iceland

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 373, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-162

  Lohmann, Gerrit ^a   Schöne, Bernd R ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate proxy; North Atlantic climate variability; Proxy data; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIVALVE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; KETONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SHELL; TELECONNECTION; TIMESCALE; ZONAL FLOW;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; ICELAND; LABRADOR SEA;

ANIMALIA; ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84874283686     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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