Faunal and alkenone reconstructions of subtropical North Atlantic surface hydrography and paleotemperature over the last 28 kyr

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-357

  Chapman, M R ^a   Shackleton, N J ^a   Zhao, M ^b,c   Eglinton, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; QUATERNARY (LATE); RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALGA; COCCOLITH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDROGRAPHY; SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0029807242     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA00041     Document Type: Article

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