Abrupt changes in deep Atlantic circulation during the transition to full glacial conditions

Paleoceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 253-262

  Thornalley, David J R ^a,b   Barker, Stephen ^a   Becker, Julia ^a,c   Hall, Ian R ^a   Knorr, Gregor ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Glacial; North Atlantic; Ocean circulation; Western Boundary Undercurrent

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAIN SIZE; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; KINEMATICS; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; UNDERCURRENT; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84878297629     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/palo.20025     Document Type: Article

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