Salinity changes in the western tropical South Atlantic during the last 30 kyr

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 383-395

  Toledo, Felipe A L ^a   Costa, Karen B ^a   Pivel, María A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

paleoceanography; paleosalinity; paleotemperature; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXED LAYER; ORBITAL FORCING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBOROTALIA TRUNCATULINOIDES;

EID: 34249044141     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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