Penultimate glacial sea surface temperature and hydrologic variability in the tropical South Pacific from 150&thinsp;ka Tahiti corals

Asami, Ryuji; Felis, Thomas; Shinjo, Ryuichi; Murayama, Masafumi; Iryu, Yasufumi

doi:10.5194/cp-21-2525-2025

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Penultimate glacial sea surface temperature and hydrologic variability in the tropical South Pacific from 150 ka Tahiti corals

Ryuji Asami, Thomas Felis, Ryuichi Shinjo, Masafumi Murayama, and Yasufumi Iryu

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