Assessment of sea surface temperature variations in the central North Atlantic using the alkenone unsaturation index (U37(k'))

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2421-2427

  Villanueva, Joan ^a,c   Grimalt, Joan O ^b   Cortijo, Elsa ^c   Vidal, Laurence ^c   Labeyrie, Laurent ^c  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b Laboratoire Mixte CNRS CEA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032466946     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00180-X     Document Type: Article

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