Assessing El Niño Southern Oscillation variability during the past millennium

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Khider, D ^a   Stott, L D ^a   Emile Geay, J ^a   Thunell, R ^b   Hammond, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT CORE; THERMOCLINE; WARM POOL;

CELEBES SEA; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

FORAMINIFERA; PULLENIATINA OBLIQUILOCULATA;

EID: 80053020598     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011PA002139     Document Type: Article

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