Long-term variations in iceland-scotland overflow strength during the holocene

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2073-2084

  Thornalley, D J R ^a   Blaschek, M ^b   Davies, F J ^b   Praetorius, S ^c   Oppo, D W ^a   McManus, J F ^d   Hall, I R ^e   Kleiven, H ^f   Renssen, H ^b   McCave, I N ^g  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; DEEP WATER; DEPTH; GLOBAL OCEAN; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; MELTING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT; SLOPE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84883496558     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2073-2013     Document Type: Article

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