The Late Quaternary Sedimentary Record of Reykjanes Ridge, North Atlantic
Issue Date
2001-01-01Keywords
Dansgaard Oeschger cyclesicebergs
Reykjanes Ridge
terrigenous materials
paleo oceanography
grain size
ocean circulation
Arctic region
Greenland
climate changeice corescoresAtlantic OceanNorth Atlanticupper Quaternarymarine sedimentsForaminiferaProtistavariationsmicrofossilscorrelationglacial geologypaleoclimatologysedimentsCenozoicQuaternaryC 14carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesInvertebrataabsolute age
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Prins, M. A., Troelstra, S. R., Kruk, R. W., van der Borg, K., de Jong, A. F. M., & Weltje, G. J. (2001). The late Quaternary sedimentary record of Reykjanes Ridge, north Atlantic. Radiocarbon, 43(2B), 939-947.Journal
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From the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
Variability in surface and deep ocean circulation in the North Atlantic is inferred from grain-size characteristics and the composition of terrigenous sediments from a deep-sea core taken on Reykjanes Ridge, south of Iceland. End-member modeling of grain size data shows that deep-ocean circulation in this area decreased significantly during periods of maximum iceberg discharge. The episodes of reduced circulation correlate with the cold and abrupt warming phases of the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles as recognized in the Greenland ice cores.Type
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