Holocene and Pleistocene glacial palaeoceanography off southeastern Australia, based on foraminifers and nannofossils in Vema cored hole V18–222

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 509-523

  Wells, P ^a,b   Okada, H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Yamagata University ^*  (Australia)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Foraminifers; Nannoplankton; Quaternary; Sea surface temperatures; Subtropical Convergence; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONVERGENCE; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; NANNOPLANKTON; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; STCZ; UPWELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0030513496     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099608728273     Document Type: Article

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