The mid-pleistocene transition in the tropical pacific

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5750, 2005, Pages 1009-1012

  Medina Elizalde, Martín ^a   Lea, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIERS; ICE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; OSCILLATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL OSCILLATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; MAGNESIUM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLACIER; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGY; LATITUDE; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 27744535507     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1115933     Document Type: Article

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