North Atlantic circulation and reservoir age changes over the past 41,000 years

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3693-3697

  Stern, Joseph V ^a   Lisiecki, Lorraine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Heinrich Stadial 1; Mystery Interval; North Atlantic; radiocarbon; reservoir age

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; HEINRICH STADIAL 1; MYSTERY INTERVAL; NORTH ATLANTIC; RADIOCARBON;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AGE DETERMINATION; DEGLACIATION; INSOLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84883188040     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50679     Document Type: Article

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