North Atlantic deep water circulation collapse during Heinrich events

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-26

  Seidov, Dan ^a   Maslin, Mark ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; SEA ICE;

CIRCULATION CHANGES; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER EVENTS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICEBERG DISCHARGES; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COLLAPSE; HEINRICH EVENT; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 84879888323     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0023:NADWCC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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