C37 alkenone measurements of sea surface temperature in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 557-566

  Cacho, Isabel ^a,b   Pelejero, Carles ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Calafat, Antoni ^b   Canals, Miquel ^b  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkenones; Mediterranean Sea; Paleoceanography; Recent sediments; Sea surface temperatures; Suspended particulate matter; U37 (K') index

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URANIUM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URANIUM;

ALKENONE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE DETERMINATION; RECENT SEDIMENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 0032599436     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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