Assessment of geochemical and micropaleontological sedimentary parameters as proxies of surface water properties in the Canary Islands region

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3631-3654

  Meggers, Helge ^a   Freudenthal, Tim ^a   Nave, Silvia ^b   Targarona, Jordi ^c   Abrantes, Fatima ^b   Helmke, Peer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; GEOCHEMISTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PARTICLE FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

CANARY ISLANDS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; NITZSCHIA; PTEROPODA;

EID: 0036387940     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00103-0     Document Type: Article

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