Holocene Mg/Ca, alkenones, and light stable isotope measurements on the outer North Iceland shelf (MD99-2269): A comparison with other multi-proxy data and sub-division of the Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 52-62

  Kristjánsdóttir, Greta B ^a   Moros, Matthias ^b   Andrews, John T ^c   Jennings, Anne E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

alkenone SST C; Mg Ca SST C and BWT Cs; North Iceland shelf; stable O and C isotope records on foraminifera; statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND SHELF;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 85007109427     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683616652703     Document Type: Article

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