Sea surface temperature estimates from the Southwest Pacific based on planktonic foraminifera and oxygen isotopes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 241-256

  Weaver, P P E ^a   Neil, H ^b   Carter, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calcite dissolution; Foraminifera; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoceanography; Sea surface temperatures

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC ASSEMBLAGES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

PACIFIC, (SOUTHWEST);

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES;

EID: 0030764983     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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