Efficacy of δ18O data from Pliocene planktonic foraminifer calcite for spatial sea surface temperature reconstruction: Comparison with a fully coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM and fossil assemblage data for the mid-Pliocene

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 399-417

  Williams, Mark ^a   Haywood, Alan M ^a   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^a   Wilkinson, Ian P ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Foraminifer; Oxygen isotopes; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCITE; COOLING SYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; LIFE CYCLE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

DIAGENESIS; FORAMINIFER; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIAGENESIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 26944466066     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805000828     Document Type: Article

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