Low latitude hydro-climatic changes during the Plio-Pleistocene: Evidence from high resolution alkane records in the southern South China Sea

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-224

  Li, Li ^a   Li, Qianyu ^a,b   Tian, Jun ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, Pinxian ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydro climate; N Alkane chain lengths; Plant n alkanes; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HYDRO-CLIMATE; MID-PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE TRANSITION; N-ALKANE CHAINS; N-ALKANES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; SOUTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CHAIN LENGTH; CHAINS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; BIOMARKER; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LATITUDE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84883792013     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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