Quaternary upper ocean thermal gradient variations in the South China Sea: Implications for east Asian monsoon climate

Paleoceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Tian, Jun ^a,b   Wang, Pinxian ^a   Chen, Ronghua ^c   Cheng, Xinrong ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; PULLENIATINA OBLIQUILOCULATA;

EID: 32944482197     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001115     Document Type: Article

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