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Oxygen-isotrope record of sea level and climate variations in the Sulu Sea over the past 150,000 years.

Author(s) : LINSLEY B. K.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The Sulu Sea is located in the "warm pool" of the western Pacific Ocean, where mean annual temperatures are the highest of anywhere on earth. This large heat source supplies the atmosphere with a significant portion of its water vapour and latent heat. Changes in the oxygen isotope composition of planktonic foraminifera from Sulu Sea sediments support the idea that there were higher sea levels and less continental ice during isotope stage 3 (an interglacial period 23,000 to 58,000 years ago) and the subsequent rate of increase in continental ice volume during the return to full glacial conditions was correspondingly faster than previously thought.

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  • Original title: Oxygen-isotrope record of sea level and climate variations in the Sulu Sea over the past 150,000 years.
  • Record ID : 1997-0569
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Nature - vol. 380 - n. 6571
  • Publication date: 1996/03/21
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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