Influences of extratropical water masses on equatorial Pacific cold tongue variability during the past 160 ka as revealed by faunal evidence of planktic foraminifers

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 921-931

  Yu, Pai Sen ^a   Kienast, Markus ^b   Chen, Min Te ^a   Cacho, Isabel ^c   Flores, Jos Abel ^d   Mohtadi, Mahyar ^e   Mix, Alan C ^f  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold tongue; Eastern equatorial Pacific; Planktic foraminifer; Sea surface temperature; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84870904251     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2582     Document Type: Article

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