Late pleistocene paleoceanographic characteristics of the southwestern South China Sea since 500 ka

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 534-542

  Zheng, Fan ^a   Li, Qian Yu ^b,c   Chen, Mu Hong ^a   Shao, Lei ^b   Qiao, Pei Jun ^b   Cheng, Xin Rong ^b   Xiang, Rong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glacial cycle; MD01 2392; Monsoon; Paleo SST; Planktonic foraminifera; Pleistocene; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER;

GLACIAL CYCLE; MONSOON; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 27744577376     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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