Alkenone distribution in surface sediments of the southern Yellow Sea and implications for the U 37 K′thermometer

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Tao, Shuqin ^a,b   Xing, Lei ^a,b   Luo, Xiaofan ^c   Wei, Hao ^c   Liu, Yanguang ^d   Zhao, Meixun ^a,b  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONES; ANNUAL MEAN; COCCOLITHOPHORES; DEEP WATER SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MARGINAL SEAS; OPEN OCEAN; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL SCALE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; YELLOW SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALKENONE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MARINE SEDIMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84855929239     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-011-0251-1     Document Type: Article

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