Holocene and Eemian sea surface temperature trends as revealed by alkenone and Mg/Ca paleothermometry

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 989-1004

  Leduc, G ^a   Schneider, R ^a   Kim, J H ^b   Lohmann, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONES; COCCOLITHOPHORES; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GLOBAL DATABASE; GLOBAL SET; HOLOCENES; INTERGLACIALS; NORTH-WESTERN ATLANTIC; OCEANIC REGIONS; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; ORBITAL CONFIGURATION; OUT OF PHASE; PALEOTHERMOMETRY METHODS; PENULTIMATE INTERGLACIAL; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; REGIONAL SCALE; SCHNEIDER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STRONG CONTRAST; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE SIGNAL; TIME PERIODS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALKENONE; CALCIUM; COCCOLITH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; EEMIAN; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; INTERGLACIAL; MAGNESIUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77649341987     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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