Stable-isotope stratigraphy of the Pliocene-Pleistocene climate transition in the northwestern subtropical Pacific

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 326-328, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-65

  Venti, Nicholas L ^a   Billups, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

North Pacific; Northern Hemisphere glaciation; Pliocene Pleistocene; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OPAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TIME SERIES;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHATSKY RISE;

EID: 84858337004     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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