Holocene palaeoceanographic evolution off West Greenland

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 374-387

  Perner, K ^a   Moros, M ^a   Jennings, A ^b   Lloyd, J M ^c   Knudsen, K L ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

benthic foraminifera; EGC; Holocene; IC; ocean forcing; WGC

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; ICE SHEET; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MELTWATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATER; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DISKO BAY; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; IRMINGER CURRENT; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84874464153     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612460785     Document Type: Article

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