Paleoceanographic evolution recorded in the northern South China Sea since 4 Ma

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2166-2173

  Huang, Baoqi ^a,b   Jian, Zhimin ^b   Wang, Pinxian ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Late Pliocene; Northern South China Sea; ODP 1146; Planktonic foraminifer; Upper water structure

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WATER STRUCTURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TERTIARY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33845703853     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0564     Document Type: Article

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