Oceanographic variability in the southern Gulf of California over the past 400 years: Evidence from faunal and isotopic records from planktic foraminifera

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 337-354

  Staines Urías, Francisca ^a   Douglas, Robert G ^a   Gorsline, Donn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern subtropical pacific; PDO; Planktonic foraminifera; Sea surface temperature; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAMINATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; PULLENIATINA OBLIQUILOCULATA;

EID: 70450225350     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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