Modem distribution patterns of planktonic foraminifera in the South China Sea and western Pacific: A new transfer technique to estimate regional sea-surface temperatures

Marine Geology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 41-83

  Pflaumann, Uwe ^a   Jian, Zhimin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Marine paleotemperature reconstructions; Paleomonsoon proxydata; Planktonic foraminifera census data; Pleistocene; South China Sea; Transfer technique calibration

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0033559382     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00173-X     Document Type: Article

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