Calibration of the alkenone paleotemperature index U37K based on core-tops from the eastern South Atlantic and the global ocean (60°N-60°S)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1757-1772

  Müller, Peter J ^a   Kirst, Georg ^b   Ruhland, Götz ^a   Von Storch, Isabel ^b   Rosell Melé, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; CALIBRATION; CORE ANALYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0039398731     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00097-0     Document Type: Article

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