Alkenone and coccolith records of the mid-Pleistocene in the south-east Atlantic: Implications for the U37 K′ index and South African climate

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 14-15, 2005, Pages 1559-1572

  McClymont, Erin L ^a,e   Rosell Melé, Antoni ^a,b   Giraudeau, Jacques ^c   Pierre, Catherine ^d   Lloyd, Jerry M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOMETERS;

COCCOLITH RECORDS; FOSSIL ALKENONE SYNTHESISERS; SEA-SURFACE-TEMPERATURE (SST);

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

PLEISTOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 18944405122     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.06.024     Document Type: Article

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