Late quaternary sedimentation patterns on the Meriadzek Terrace, Bay of Biscay (ESSCAMP 02 core: 47°N 9°W)

Marine Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 57-73

  Loncaric, Neven ^a   Auffret, Gérard A ^b   Abrantes, Fátima ^a   Baas, Jaco H ^c   Gaspar, Luis ^a   Pujol, Claude ^d  

^a Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

^b IFREMER   (France)

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

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Foraminiferal fluxes; Late Quaternary; Meriadzek Terrace; SST

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032212653     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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