Pliocene-Pleistocene stable isotope and paleoceanographic changes in the northern South China Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 425-442

  Jian, Zhimin ^a   Zhao, Quanhong ^a   Cheng, Xinrong ^a   Wang, Jiliang ^a   Wang, Pinxian ^a   Su, Xin ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian winter monsoon; Northern Hemisphere glaciation; Ocean Drilling Program Core 1148; Pliocene Pleistocene; South China Sea; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; GLACIATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI;

EID: 0037403547     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00259-1     Document Type: Article

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