Mid Pleistocene climate instability in the subtropical northwestern Atlantic

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 251-262

  Billups, K ^a   Lindley, C ^a   Fisler, J ^a   Martin, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

climate instability; planktonic foraminifera; Pleistocene; stable oxygen isotopes; subtropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; INSOLATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI;

EID: 33750962531     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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