Generation, transport, and preservation of the alkenone-based UK′37 sea surface temperature index in the water column and sediments of the Cariaco Basin (Venezuela)

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Goni, Miguel A ^a   Woodworth, Mark P ^a   Aceves, Heather L ^a   Thunell, Robert C ^a   Tappa, Eric ^a   Black, David ^b   Müller Karger, Frank ^c   Astor, Yrene ^d   Varela, Ramon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

(10 30 N, 64 40 W); Alkenones; Cariaco basin; Marine sediments; Sediment traps; SST; UK 37 index

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; LIA;

EID: 4844222125     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GB002132     Document Type: Article

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