Merging late Holocene molecular organic and foraminiferal-based geochemical records of sea surface temperature in the Gulf of Mexico

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Richey, Julie N ^a   Hollander, David J ^a   Flower, Benjamin P ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MIXED LAYER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79952677049     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010PA002000     Document Type: Article

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