Tropical warming in the Timor Sea led deglacial Antarctic warming and atmospheric CO2 rise by more than 500yr

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 337-348

  Sarnthein, M ^a   Grootes, P M ^a   Holbourn, A ^a   Kuhnt, W ^a   Kuhn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic phase relationships; Deglacial climates; Marine 14C reservoir ages; Monsoon; Timor Sea; Tropical sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIAL; MARINE 14C RESERVOIR AGES; MONSOON; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIMOR SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEA LEVEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOANALYSIS; TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGLACIATION; EL NINO; HEINRICH EVENT; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WARMING;

INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

EID: 79251593225     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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