Millennial- to century-scale variability in Gulf of Mexico Holocene climate records

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Poore, R Z ^a   Dowsett, H J ^a   Verardo, S ^a   Quinn, T M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Holocene; Millennial to century scale climate variability; Solar forcing

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEDIMENT CORE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER;

EID: 0142090453     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000868     Document Type: Article

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