Microfossil and stable-isotope evidence for changes in Late Holocene palaeoproductivity and palaeoceanographic conditions in the Prydz Bay region of Antarctica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 485-510

  Rathburn, A E ^a,b   Pichon, J J ^c   Ayress, M A ^a   De Deckker, P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; MICROFOSSIL; MICROFOSSILS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ANTARCTICA, PRYDZ BAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; FORAMINIFERA; NITZSCHIA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0030758314     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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