Benthic foraminiferal paleoceanography of the South China Sea over the last 40,000 years

Marine Geology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 159-186

  Jian, Zhimin ^a   Wang, Luejiang ^c   Kienast, Markus ^b   Sarnthein, Michael ^c   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^c   Lin, Huiling ^d   Wang, Pinxian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; East Asian monsoon; Organic carbon flux; South China Sea; Water mass properties

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0033559753     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00177-7     Document Type: Article

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