Paleohydrology reconstruction and Holocene climate variability in the South Adriatic Sea

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 499-515

  Siani, G ^a   Magny, M ^b   Paterne, M ^c   Debret, M ^d   Fontugne, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEPHRA;

ADRIATIC SEA; ALPS; APENNINES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84879794399     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-499-2013     Document Type: Article

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