Surface ocean and monsoon climate variability in the South China sea since the last glaciation

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 71-94

  Huang, Chi Yue ^a   Wu, Sheu Feng ^b   Zhao, Meixun ^c   Chen, Min Te ^d   Wang, Chung Ho ^e   Tu, Xia ^f   Yuan, Peter B ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkenones abundance and SST; Last glaciation; Monsoon; South China Sea; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION PATTERN; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; MONSOON; MONSOONS; OCEAN SURFACE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0030668985     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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