Sea-level rises at Heinrich stadials of early Marine Isotope Stage 3: Evidence of terrigenous n-alkane input in the southern South China Sea

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 94-95, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Huang, Enqing ^a   Tian, Jun ^a  

^a China   (China)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Heinrich stadial; Marine Isotope Stage 3; Sea level; Sea surface temperature; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC EVENTS; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; HEINRICH STADIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; N-ALKANES; NEW RESULTS; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEDIMENT CORE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; TIME-SCALES; VEGETATION TYPE; WINTER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; PARAFFINS; SEA LEVEL;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ALKANE; HEINRICH EVENT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84863478806     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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