Sea surface temperature of the Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean during the Younger Dryas

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

THUNNELL, R.C.

Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, Etats-Unis

Description :
High resolution (200 yr sample spacing) records of sea surface temperature for the past 15,000 yr have been inferred from planktonic foraminiferal assemblages in a sediment core from the South China Sea. Although the assemblages imply a large glacial-to-interglacial temperature change, they give no indication of a cooling during Younger Dryas time. This suggests that the Younger Dryas increase in δ18O observed in cores from the equatorial Pacific is not due to a climatic cooling but rather to a change in the isotopic compositions of the oceans.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1996, vol. 46, n°. 1, p. 72-77, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 29 ref.

Date :
1996

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier

Langue :
Anglais