Last glacial jetting of cold waters through the Subtropical convergence zone in the Southwest Pacific off eastern New Zealand, and some geological implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 103-121

  Nelson, C S ^a   Hendy, I L ^a   Neil, H L ^a,b   Hendy, C H ^a   Weaver, P P E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Late Quaternary; Oxygen and carbon isotopes; Paleoceanography; Sea surface temperatures; Southwest Pacific; Subtropical Convergence; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

COLD WATER; CONVERGENCE; JET; LATE GLACIAL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0033960840     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00134-0     Document Type: Article

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