Late quaternary nannofossil indicators of climate change in two deep-sea cores associated with the Leeuwin Current off Western Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 413-432

  Okada, H ^a   Wells, P ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossil; Indian Ocean; Leeuwin Current; Palaeoceanography; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGES; NANNOFOSSIL; NANNOFOSSILS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE);

INDIAN OCEAN, LEEUWIN CURRENT;

CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; CALCIOSOLENIA MURRAYI; FLORISPHAERA; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; GEPHYROCAPSA; GEPHYROCAPSA ERICSONII; LEPTOPORUS; NEOSPHAERA; NEOSPHAERA COCCOLITHOMORPHA; OOLITHOTUS FRAGILIS; RETICULOFENESTRA;

EID: 0030761263     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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