Late Quaternary paleoproductivity and deep water circulation in the eastern South Atlantic Ocean: Evidence from benthic foraminifera

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 43-80

  Schmiedl, Gerhard ^a,b   Mackensen, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthonic taxa; Foraminifera; Paleocirculation; Productivity; Quaternary; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA;

DEEP WATER CIRCULATION; LATE QUATERNARY; NADW; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY FAUNA;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0030618602     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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