Rapid palaeoceanographic changes in the Benguela Upwelling System for the last 160,000 years as indicated by abundances of planktonic foraminifera

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 135-161

  Little, M G ^a   Schneider, R R ^b   Kroon, D ^a   Price, B ^a   Bickert, T ^b   Wefer, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benguela current; Nutrients; Planktonic foraminifera; Trade winds; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC ASSEMBLAGES; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUATERNARY; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC, BENGUELA SYSTEM;

EID: 0030618763     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00136-8     Document Type: Article

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