Past circulation along the western Iberian margin: A time slice vision from the Last Glacial to the Holocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 316-329

  Salgueiro, E ^a,b   Naughton, F ^a,b   Voelker, A H L ^a,b   de Abreu, L ^c   Alberto, A ^a   Rossignol, L ^d   Duprat, J ^d   Magalhaes V H ^a,d   Vaqueiro, S ^c   Turon, J L ^e   Abrantes, F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c IPMA Collaborator   (Portugal)

^d Instituto Dom Luiz (LA)   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Heinrich stadial; Iberian margin; Last Glacial Maximum; Paleoproductivity; Paleotemperature; Planktonic foraminifera; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATERS;

HEINRICH STADIAL; IBERIAN MARGIN; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PALEOTEMPERATURES; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; CIRCULATION; DISPLACEMENT; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AZORES; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 85027957013     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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