Dinocyst-based reconstructions of sea ice cover concentration during the Holocene in the Arctic Ocean, the northern North Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-121

  De Vernal, Anne ^a   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^a   Rochon, André ^b   Fréchette, Bianca ^a   Henry, Maryse ^a   Solignac, Sandrine ^a   Bonnet, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Dinocysts; Holocene; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DINOCYSTS; HOLOCENES; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MODERN ANALOGUE TECHNIQUES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY; REPAIR;

SEA ICE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84885954906     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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