Millennial-scale climate variability during the mid-Pleistocene transition period in the northern South China Sea

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-27

  Jin, Haiyan ^a   Jian, Zhimin ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Mg Ca ratios; Mid Pleistocene transition period; Millennial scale climate change; Northern SCS; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN; MG/CA RATIOS; MID-PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE TRANSITION; NORTHERN SCS; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STABLE ISOTOPES; TRANSITION PERIOD;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; HOUSING; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FORAMINIFERA; MONSOON; PLEISTOCENE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; PULLENIATINA OBLIQUILOCULATA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 84876398984     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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