The effect of submerged plateaux on Pleistocene gyral circulation and sea-surface temperatures in the Southwest Pacific

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-316

  Hayward, Bruce W ^a   Scott, George H ^b   Crundwell, Martin P ^b   Kennett, James P ^c   Carter, Lionel ^d   Neil, Helen L ^e   Sabaa, Ashwaq T ^a   Wilson, Kate ^b,f   Rodger, J Stuart ^g   Schaefer, Grace ^g   Grenfell, Hugh R ^a   Li, Qianyu ^h  

^a Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^h Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Chatham Rise; New Zealand; Quaternary paleoceanography; sea surface temperatures; Southwest Pacific; Subantarctic Front; Subtropical Front

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GYRE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; SUBMARINE PLATEAU; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; CHATHAM RISE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 53149120985     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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