Offshore transport of neritic diatoms as indicators of surface current and trade wind strength in the Plio-Pleistocene eastern equatorial Pacific

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 171-181

  Kennington, Kevin ^a   Haslett, Simon K ^b   Funnell, Brian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Quaternary Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CaCO3; Diatoms; Eastern Pacific; Plio Pleistocene; Radiolaria; Sea surface temperature; Taphonomy; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; DIATOM; PLEISTOCENE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033153259     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00199-0     Document Type: Article

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