Quaternary biogenic opal records in the South China Sea: Linkages to East Asian monsoon, global ice volume and orbital forcing

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 710-724

  Wang, RuJian ^a   Jian, ZhiMin ^a   Xiao, WenShen ^a   Tian, Jun ^a   Li, JianRu ^a   Chen, RongHua ^b   Zheng, YuLong ^b   Chen, JianFang ^b  

^a China   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

Author keywords

Biogenic opal; East Asian monsoon; Global ice volume; ODPLeg 184; Orbital forcing; Quaternary; South China Sea; Surface productivity

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; WIND;

BIOGENIC OPAL; GLOBAL ICE VOLUME; MASS ACCUMULATION RATE; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING;

MINERALOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOGENIC MINERAL; INTERGLACIAL; LATE GLACIAL; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OPAL; ORBITAL FORCING; PARTICULATE FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 38549179399     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0041-9     Document Type: Article

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