Palynological evidence for a southward shift of the North Atlantic Current at ∼2.6 Ma during the intensification of late Cenozoic Northern Hemisphere glaciation

Paleoceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 564-580

  Hennissen, Jan A I ^a,b   Head, Martin J ^a,c   De Schepper, Stijn ^d,e,f,g   Groeneveld, Jeroen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f Uni Environment Uni Research   (Norway)

^g BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

dinoflagellate cysts; foraminiferal geochemistry; North Atlantic; Northern Hemisphere glaciation; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904675365     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013PA002543     Document Type: Article

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