Detecting holocene changes in thermohaline circulation.
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چکیده
Throughout the last glacial cycle, reorganizations of deep ocean water masses were coincident with rapid millennial-scale changes in climate. Climate changes have been less severe during the present interglacial, but evidence for concurrent deep ocean circulation change is ambiguous.
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Thermohaline Ocean Circulation
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 97 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000