Late Quaternary palaeoceanography of the Tasman Sea: The benthic foraminiferal view

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 365-389

  Nees, S ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Benthic taxa; Foraminifera; Lord Howe Rise; Ocean circulation; Paleo oceanography; Productivity; Tasman Sea

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; BENTHOS; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE); QUATERNARY OCEAN;

TASMAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0030771460     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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