Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral coiling) as paleoceanographic tracers in polar oceans: Evidence from Northeast Water Polynya plankton tows, sediment traps, and surface sediments

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 679-699

  Kohfeld, Karen E ^a   Fairbanks, Richard G ^a   Smith, Sharon L ^b   Walsh, Ian D ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOECOLOGY; POLAR OCEAN; POLAR ZONES; TRACERS;

GREENLAND SEA, EAST GREENLAND SHELF, NORTHEAST WATER POLYNYA;

NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 0030438848     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA02617     Document Type: Article

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