Water mass evolution of the Greenland sea since late glacial times

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-136

  Telesinski M M ^a   Spielhagen, R F ^a,b   Bauch, H A ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Academy of Sciences Humanities and Literature   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COOLING; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84892613760     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-123-2014     Document Type: Article

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