Western Caribbean sea surface temperatures during the late Quaternary

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Schmidt, Matthew W ^a,b   Spero, Howard J ^c,d   Vautravers, Maryline J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean sea; G. ruber; ITCZ; Mg Ca thermometry; Paleoclimate; Tropical SST

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749530334     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000957     Document Type: Article

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