Late Pleistocene and Holocene meltwater events in the western Arctic Ocean

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 759-762

  Poore, R Z ^a   Osterman, Lisa ^a   Curry, W B ^b   Phillips, R L ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL;

GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POLAR ATMOSPHERE; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA;

PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES;

HOLOCENE; MELTWATER; OXYGEN; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MENDELEYEV RIDGE;

EID: 84879889560     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0759:LPAHME>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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