Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, El Niño-Southern Oscillation and solar forcing on climate and primary productivity changes in the northeast Pacific

Quaternary International

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-139

  Timothy Patterson, R ^a   Chang, Alice S ^a,d   Prokoph, Andreas ^a   Roe, Helen M ^b   Swindles, Graeme T ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GRAIN SIZE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SEDIMENTATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SUNSPOT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EFFINGHAM INLET; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); VANCOUVER ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 84884414331     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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