A late Quaternary planktonic foraminifer faunal record of rapid climatic changes from the South China Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 85-108

  Chen, Min Te ^a   Wang, Chung Ho ^b   Huang, Chi Yue ^c   Wang, Pinxian ^d   Wang, Luejiang ^e   Sarnthein, Michael ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pacific Ocean; Paleoceanography; Paleoclimatology; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORAMINIFERA; QUATERNARY;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0033559407     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00174-1     Document Type: Article

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