MIS 3 to MIS 1 temporal and LGM spatial variability in Arctic Ocean sea ice cover: Reconstruction from biomarkers

Paleoceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 969-983

  Xiao, Xiaotong ^a,b   Stein, Ruediger ^a   Fahl, Kirsten ^a  

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

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; IP25; Last Glacial Maximum; phytoplankton biomarkers; sea ice

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WARM WATER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; LAPTEV SEA; MENDELEYEV RIDGE; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84939264687     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015PA002814     Document Type: Article

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