Astronomically modulated late Pliocene equatorial Pacific climate transition and Northern Hemisphere ice sheet expansion

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-220

  Ma, Wen Tao ^a   Tian, Jun ^a   Li, Qian Yu ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Astronomical forcing; Equatorial Pacific; Evolutive spectrum; Insolation; Late Pliocene; SST

Indexed keywords

EID: 75549087372     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0310-4     Document Type: Article

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