Can oceanic paleothermometers reconstruct the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation?

Heslop, D.; Paul, A.

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Can oceanic paleothermometers reconstruct the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation?

D. Heslop and A. Paul

D. Heslop

Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany

now at: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

A. Paul

MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany

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