Late Quaternary course changes of the Kuroshio Current in the Ryukyu Arc region, northwestern Pacific Ocean

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-40

  Ujiié, Hiroshi ^a   Ujiié, Yurika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Kuroshio course changes; Late Quaternary; Pulleniatina minimum event; Ryukyu Taiwan land bridge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033006666     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(99)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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