Bottom water variability in the subtropical northwestern Pacific from 26 kyr BP to present based on Mg / Ca and stable carbon and oxygen isotopes of benthic foraminifera

Climate of the Past

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 803-824

  Kubota, Y ^a,b   Kimoto, K ^b   Itaki, T ^c   Yokoyama, Y ^b,d   Miyairi, Y ^d   Matsuzaki, H ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM WATER; CALCIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNESIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPWELLING; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

JAPAN; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ALLE; CIBICIDOIDES WUELLERSTORFI; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84930938583     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-11-803-2015     Document Type: Article

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