Pliocene-pleistocene evolution of eastern tropical Pacific surface water circulation and thermocline depth

Paleoceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 805-820

  Cannariato, K G ^a,b   Ravelo, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER; GLOBOROTALIA TUMIDA;

PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE/PLEISTOCENE; SURFACE WATER CIRCULATION; THERMOCLINE DEPTH;

PACIFIC, TROPICAL;

EID: 0031448127     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97PA02514     Document Type: Article

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