East Asian summer monsoon weakening after 7.5 Ma: Evidence from combined planktonic foraminifera Mg/Ca and δ18O (ODP Site 1146; northern South China Sea)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 33-43

  Steinke, Stephan ^a,b   Groeneveld, Jeroen ^a,c   Johnstone, Heather ^a   Rendle Bühring, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Tongji University   (China)

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

Author keywords

East Asian Monsoon; Foraminifera; Late Miocene; Mg Ca ratios; South China Sea; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HUMIDITY; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77949485889     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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