Sea-ice distribution and atmospheric pressure patterns in southwestern Okhotsk Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Katsuki, Kota ^a,b   Khim, Boo Keun ^a   Itaki, Takuya ^c   Okazaki, Yusuke ^d   Ikehara, Ken ^c   Shin, Yuna ^e   Yoon, Ho Il ^f   Kang, Cheon Yun ^f  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Geol Survey Japan   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Wonju Regional Environmental Office   (South Korea)

^f Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Diatom; Okhotsk Sea; Paleoclimate; Radiolaria; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIATOM; INTERMEDIATE WATER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; POLYNYA; RADIOLARIA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA ICE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLADOPHORA DAVISIANA; FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS; NITZSCHIA OCEANICA;

EID: 77954145844     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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