The Plio-Pleistocene development of Atlantic deep-water circulation and its influence on climate trends

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 123, Issue , 2015, Pages 265-282

  Bell, David B ^a   Jung, Simon J A ^a   Kroon, Dick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMOC; Paleoceanography; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

AMOC; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; NEW RECORD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; WATER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84937149668     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.06.026     Document Type: Article

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