Increased sensitivity of the Plio-Pleistocene northwest Pacific to obliquity forcing

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 384, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-131

  Venti, Nicholas L ^a   Billups, Katharina ^a   Herbert, Timothy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuroshio Current Extension; Northwest Pacific; Obliquity; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

KUROSHIO CURRENT; NORTHWEST PACIFIC; OBLIQUITY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84886853914     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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