Sea-surface temperature records of Termination 1 in the Gulf of California: Challenges for seasonal and interannual analogues of tropical Pacific climate change

Paleoceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  McClymont, Erin L ^a,b   Ganeshram, Raja S ^c   Pichevin, Laetitia E ^c   Talbot, Helen M ^d   Van Dongen, Bart E ^e   Thunell, Robert C ^f   Haywood, Alan M ^g   Singarayer, Joy S ^h   Valdes, Paul J ^h  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE RAFTING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OPAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84859621927     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011PA002226     Document Type: Article

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