Northward and southward migrations of frontal zones during the past 40 kyr in the Kuroshio-Oyashio transition area

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Harada, Naomi ^a   Ahagon, Naokazu ^a   Uchida, Masao ^a   Murayama, Masafumi ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkenone; Kuroshio Oyashio transition area; North Pacific; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645886917     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000740     Document Type: Article

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