Last glacial sea surface temperatures and sea-ice extent in the Southern Ocean (Atlantic-Indian sector): A multiproxy approach

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Gersonde, R ^a   Abelmann, A ^a   Brathauer, U ^a,b   Becquey, S ^a,c   Bianchi, C ^a   Cortese, G ^a   Grobe, H ^a   Kuhn, G ^a   Niebler, H S ^a,d   Segl, M ^d   Sieger, R ^a   Zielinski, U ^a   Futterer D K ^a  

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

^b Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EPILOG time slice; GLAMAP; Last Glacial Maximum; Paleo sea ice; Paleo SST; Siliceous microfossil; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0142035035     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000809     Document Type: Article

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