Late Holocene paleoceanographic evidence of the influence of the Aleutian Low and North Pacific High on circulation in the Seymour-Belize Inlet Complex, British Columbia, Canada
Foraminiferal and thecamoebian faunas from the Seymour-BelizeInletComplex (SBIC), a fjord network situated on the mainland coast of BritishColumbia, were studied to assess climatic cycles and trends impacting the area through the ∼ AD 850–AD 2002 interval. Ocean circulation patterns prevalent in the...
Published in: | Quaternary Science Reviews |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2009
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Online Access: | http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2514/ http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2514/1/Vazquez_1-s2.0-S0277379109002571-main.pdf http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379109002571 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.07.015 |
Summary: | Foraminiferal and thecamoebian faunas from the Seymour-BelizeInletComplex (SBIC), a fjord network situated on the mainland coast of BritishColumbia, were studied to assess climatic cycles and trends impacting the area through the ∼ AD 850–AD 2002 interval. Ocean circulation patterns prevalent in the SBIC are strongly linked to precipitation, which is closely linked to the relative strength and position (center of action; COA) of the seasonally developed AleutianLow (AL) and NorthPacificHigh (NPH) atmospheric circulation gyres. |
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