Spatial and temporal distribution of Holocene temperature maxima in the northern Nordic seas: Interplay of Atlantic-, Arctic- and polar water masses

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 280-291

  Rasmussen, Tine L ^a   Thomsen, Erik ^b   Skirbekk, Kari ^a   Ślubowska Woldengen, Marta ^c   Klitgaard Kristensen, Dorthe ^d   Koç, Nalan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic water; Holocene; Northern Nordic seas; Planktic foraminifera; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MOORING; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC WATER; HOLOCENES; NORDIC SEAS; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP WATER; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; POLAR REGION; PYCNOCLINE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84900430662     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.034     Document Type: Article

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