Calcareous nannofossils and variation of the Kuroshio current in the Okinawa Trough during the last 14000 years

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-111

  Su, Xin ^a   Wei, Kuo Yen ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Kuroshio Current; ODP Hole 1202B; Pleistocene and Holocene

Indexed keywords

NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT; SEDIMENT CORE;

EAST CHINA SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 17344363327     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.2005.16.1.95(ot)     Document Type: Article

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