Comparison of Mg/Ca- and alkenone-based sea surface temperature estimates in the fresh water-influenced Gulf of Guinea, eastern equatorial Atlantic

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Weldeab, Syee ^a,b   Schneider, Ralph R ^c   Müller, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern equatorial Atlantic; Gulf of Guinea; Mg Ca SST and alkenone SST; Paleosalinity; Paleothermometry; Riverine discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549120277     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001360     Document Type: Article

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