Millennial-scale fluctuations in seasonal sea-ice and deep-water formation in the Japan Sea during the late Quaternary

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 247, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 131-143

  Ikehara, Ken ^a   Itaki, Takuya ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep water; Heinrich event; IRD; Japan Sea; Late Quaternary; Radiolaria; Sea ice; Winter monsoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; DEEP WATER; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; QUATERNARY; RADIOLARIA; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; SYNCHRONY; VENTILATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

CYCLADOPHORA DAVISIANA;

EID: 33947730124     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.11.026     Document Type: Article

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