11. Abundance Variations of Planktonic Foraminifers during the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition at ODP Site 1144, Northern South China Sea

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIAL AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

Glacial–Interglacial Faunal Contrasts during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition

Upper Water Stratification and Thermocline

Astronomically Forcing Faunal Responses to Climate Change

Comparison between Northern and Southern South China Sea Records

SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

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