Coccolithophore response to oceanographic changes in the equatorial Atlantic during the last 200,000 years

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 161-173

  Henriksson, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Coccoliths; Late Quaternary; Nannofossils; Productivity

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

COCCOLITHOPHORACEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FLORISPHAERA; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; GEPHYROCAPSA; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0033972566     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00139-X     Document Type: Article

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