Present-day coccolith fluxes recorded in central eastern Mediterranean sediment traps and surface sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 175-195

  Ziveri, P ^a,b   Rutten, A ^c   De Lange, G J ^c   Thomson, J ^d   Corselli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous composition; East Mediterranean; Flux; Nanoplankton; Recent; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; COCCOLITH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; COCCOLITH; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FLORISPHAERA; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI; LEPTOPORUS; SYRACOSPHAERA;

EID: 0034658701     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00049-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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