High resolution hematite and goethite records from ODP 1143, South China Sea: Co-evolution of monsoonal precipitation and El Niño over the past 600,000 years

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 136-150

  Zhang, Yi Ge ^a   Ji, Junfeng ^a   Balsam, William L ^b   Liu, Lianwen ^a   Chen, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon precipitation; diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; El Ni o; goethite; hematite; Ocean Drilling Program

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON PRECIPITATION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EL NINÑO; GOETHITE; LA NIÑA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEMATITE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EL NINO; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; MONSOON; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETRY; STALAGMITE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 36049023175     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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