The early Matuyama Diatom Maximum off SW Africa, Benguela Current System (ODP Leg 175)

Marine Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 93-114

  Lange, C B ^a   Berger, W H ^a   Lin, H L ^b   Wefer, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benguela; Diatoms; Matuyama Chron; Opal; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; MATUYAMA CHRON; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; SILICA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032734181     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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