Oceanic pollen transport and pollen: Dinocyst ratios as markers of late Cenozoic sea level change and sediment transport

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 187-206

  McCarthy, Francine M G ^a   Mudie, Peta J ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dinocysts; Late Cenozoic; North Atlantic; Pollen transport; Sea level

Indexed keywords

DINOCYST; MASS WASTING; POLLEN TRANSPORT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

ACRITARCHA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032055779     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00135-1     Document Type: Article

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