Diatom constraints on the position of the Antarctic Polar Front in the middle part of the Pliocene

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 195-213

  Barron, John A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT; DIATOMS; DIATUM; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0029729773     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8398(95)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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