Response of nannoplankton to major changes in sea-surface temperature and movements of hydrological fronts over Site DSDP 594 (south Chatham Rise, southeastern New Zealand), during the last 130 kyr

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 341-363

  Wells, Patricia ^a   Okada, Hisatake ^b  

^a Hokkaido University ^*  (Australia)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraminiferal paleotemperature; Nannofossil biostratigraphy; Polar Front; Southern Ocean; Subtropical Convergence

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITHOPHORE; FORAMINIFERA; FRONTS; NANOPLANKTON; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; QUATERNARY; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC, CHATHAM RISE;

CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FORAMINIFERA; GEPHYROCAPSA; LEPTOPORUS; SYRACOSPHAERA;

EID: 0030807929     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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