Fidelity of alkenone paleotemperatures in southern Cape Basin sediment drifts

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Sachs, Julian P ^a   Anderson, Robert F ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkenones; Cape Basin; Thorium

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 1642286105     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000862     Document Type: Article

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