Evolution and variation of the Tsushima warm current during the late quaternary: Evidence from planktonic foraminifera, oxygen and carbon isotopes

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 725-735

  Li, TieGang ^a   Sun, RongTao ^a,b,c   Zhang, DeYu ^d   Liu, ZhenXia ^d   Li, Qing ^a,b   Jiang, Bo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Kuroshio; Late Quaternary; Okinawa Trough; Oxygen and carbon isotopes; Planktonic foraminifera; Tsushima warm current

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; WIND;

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; WARM CURRENT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC CURRENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TSUSHIMA CURRENT;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 38549146998     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0003-2     Document Type: Article

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