Inter-hemispheric asymmetry in the early Pleistocene Pacific warm pool

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Russon, T ^a   Elliot, M ^a   Sadekov, A ^a   Cabioch, G ^b   Corrge, T ^c   De Deckker, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL SEA; HADLEY CELLS; PACIFIC WARM POOL; PLEISTOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WARM POOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

LAKES;

ASYMMETRY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARM POOL;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77953588433     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043191     Document Type: Article

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