Can sparse proxy data constrain the strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation?

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 419-432

  Kurahashi Nakamura, T ^a   Losch, M ^b   Paul, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE;

EID: 84897081904     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-419-2014     Document Type: Article

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