Late Quaternary East Asian Monsoon variability in the South China Sea: Evidence from planktonic foraminifera faunal and hydrographic gradient records

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 74-90

  Yu, Pai Sen ^a   Huang, Chin Chien ^a   Chin, Yu ^a   Mii, Horng Sheng ^b   Chen, Min Te ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

East Asian Monsoon; Glacial cycles; Planktonic foraminifera; Precession; South China Sea; SST

Indexed keywords

ICE COVER; MONSOON; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAWAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN TAGALOG; VIET NAM;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33744537705     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.11.038     Document Type: Article

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