Temperature and salinity changes in the permanent thermocline as recorded byGloborotalia inflata: implications for intermediate water changes in the Northern South China Sea since 20 ka BP

Rong Xiang, Key Laboratory of Ocean and Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China and Yang Yiping, SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China