Sea surface temperatures in the equatorial and South Atlantic Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum (23-19 ka)

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Niebler, H S ^a   Arz, H W ^a   Donner, B ^a   Mulitza, S ^a   Patzold J ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imbrie Kipp transfer function; Last Glacial Maximum; Planktic foraminiferal assemblage; Sea surface temperature; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0142098709     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003pa000902     Document Type: Article

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