Variations in the strength of the North Atlantic bottom water during Holocene

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 2013, Pages 248-259

  Kissel, Catherine ^a   Van Toer, Aurélie ^a   Laj, Carlo ^a   Cortijo, Elsa ^a   Michel, Elisabeth ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Deep oceanic circulation; Holocene; Magnetic properties; Sediment transport; Sortable silt

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CIRCULATION; FRESHWATER INPUTS; HOLOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; HOLOCENES; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; POLYNOMIAL CURVE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SILT;

BOTTOM WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP SEA; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILT; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GARDAR DRIFT;

EID: 84878117394     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.042     Document Type: Article

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