Links between tropical Pacific seasonal, interannual and orbital variability during the Holocene

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 168-173

  Emile Geay, J ^a   Cobb, K M ^b   Carre, M ^c   Braconnot, P ^d   Leloup, J ^e   Zhou, Y ^a   Harrison, S P ^f   Correge T ^g   McGregor, H V ^h   Collins, M ⁱ   Driscoll, R ^j   Elliot, M ^k   Schneider, B ^l   Tudhope, A ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; MOLLUSC; ORBITAL FORCING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

ANTHOZOA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84957092720     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2608     Document Type: Review

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