The "MIS 11 paradox" and ocean circulation: Role of millennial scale events

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 371-372, Issue , 2013, Pages 258-268

  Vázquez Riveiros, Natalia ^a,b   Waelbroeck, Claire ^a   Skinner, Luke ^b   Duplessy, Jean Claude ^a   McManus, Jerry F ^c   Kandiano, Evgenia S ^d,e   Bauch, Henning A ^d  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean circulation; CO2 'degassing'; Deep water ventilation; Heinrich stadial; Termination V

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEEP WATER; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; GLACIAL INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION; HEINRICH STADIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; ISOTOPES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; DEGASSING; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE RAFTING; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; LAST DEGLACIATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84878493978     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.036     Document Type: Article

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