Reassessment of CLIMAP methods for estimating quaternary sea-surface temperatures: Examination using pacific coretop data sets

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-139

  Chen, Min Te ^a   Prell, Warren L ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data base; Pacific ocean; Paleoceanography; Planktonic foraminifer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031094123     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1997.8.1.111(O)     Document Type: Article

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