Abrupt pre-Bølling-Allerød warming and circulation changes in the deep ocean

Nature

Volumn 511, Issue 7507, 2014, Pages 75-78

  Thiagarajan, Nivedita ^a   Subhas, Adam V ^a   Southon, John R ^b   Eiler, John M ^a   Adkins, Jess F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL REEF; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OVERTURN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SHALLOW WATER; URANIUM SERIES DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CORAL; DEEP SEA; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOT TEMPERATURE; ICE COVER; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84903740522     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13472     Document Type: Article

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