A multiproxy assessment of the western equatorial Pacific hydrography during the last 30 kyr

Paleoceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  de Garidel Thoron, Thibault ^a,b   Rosenthal, Yair ^a   Beaufort, Luc ^b   Bard, Edouard ^b   Sonzogni, Corinne ^b   Mix, Alan C ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISSOLUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROGRAPHY; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER;

EID: 36749059964     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006PA001269     Document Type: Article

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