Radiolarian responses to paleoceanographic events of the southern South China Sea during the Pleistocene

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 25-44

  Wang, Rujian ^a   Abelmann, Andrea ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Asian summer monsoon; Paleoceanographic events; Radiolarians; Since 1500 ka; Southern South China Sea

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOLARIA;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 0036743589     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(02)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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