Palaeoceanography of the last glacial maximum in the eastern Indian Ocean: Planktonic foraminiferal evidence

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 73-99

  Martínez, J Ignacio ^a,b   De Deckker, Patrick ^a   Barrows, Timothy T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Indian Ocean; Last glacial maximum; Oxygen isotope; Sea surface temperature; Western Pacific Warm Pool

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINELLA SIPHONIFERA; GLOBOROTALIA CULTRATA; GLOBOROTALIA TUMIDA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI;

EID: 0344889094     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00153-9     Document Type: Article

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