Coccolith evidence for Quaternary nutricline variations in the southern South China Sea

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-51

  Liu, Chuanlian ^a   Wang, Pinxian ^a   Tian, Jun ^a   Cheng, Xinrong ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Florisphaera profunda; Glacial interglacial; Nutricline; Quaternary; Southern South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COCCOLITH; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA;

EID: 52049115419     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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