Organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts: Palynological tracers of sea-surface conditions in middle to high latitude marine environments

Geobios

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 905-920

  De Vernal, Anne ^a   Rochon, Andrá ^b   Turon, Jean Louis ^c   Matthiessen, Jens ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

North Atlantic; Recent dinoflagellate cysts; Salinity; Sea ice; Temperature; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; PALYNOLOGY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031403542     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(97)80215-X     Document Type: Article

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