Recent benthic foraminifera as tracers of water masses along a transect in the Skagerrak, north-eastern North Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 111-121

  Bergsten, Helene ^a   Nordberg, Kjell ^a   Malmgren, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; North Sea; PCA; Principal component analysis; Skagerrak; Tracers; Water masses

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; TRACERS; WATER MASSES;

SKAGERRAK;

EID: 0029757578     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90740-6     Document Type: Article

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