Global temperature calibration of the alkenone unsaturation index (U 37k) in surface waters and comparison with surface sediments

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Conte, Maureen H ^a,b   Sicre, Marie Alexandrine ^c   Rühlemann, Carsten ^d,e   Weber, John C ^a,f   Schulte, Sonja ^g   Schulz Bull, Detlef ^h   Blanz, Thomas ^h,i  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aea surface temperature; Alkenones; Paleoproxies; UK'37

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849115224     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001054     Document Type: Article

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