New estimates for salinity changes in the Western Pacific Warm Pool during the Last Glacial Maximum: Oxygen-isotope evidence

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 311-340

  Martinez, J Ignacio ^a   De Deckker, Patrick ^a   Chivas, Allan R ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Last Glacial Maximum; Planktonic foraminifera; Sea surface salinity; Stable isotopes; Warm Pool; Western Pacific

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; FORAMINIFERA; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE;

PACIFIC, (WEST);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0030815741     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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