Upwelling intensity and ocean productivity changes off Cape Blanc (northwest Africa) during the last 70,000 years: Geochemical and micropalaeontological evidence

Marine Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 57-74

  Martinez, Philippe ^a,c   Bertrand, Philippe ^a   Shimmield, Graham B ^b   Cochrane, Karen ^a   Jorissen, Frans J ^a   Foster, Jane ^b   Dignan, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Benthic foraminifera; Coastal upwelling; Geochemical markers; Northwest Africa; Palaeoproductivity

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOSPHERE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; IODINE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANIC CARBON; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT;

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033004902     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00161-3     Document Type: Article

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