Late Quaternary diatom assemblages from Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica

Quaternary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 151-161

  Taylor, Fiona ^a   McMinn, Andrew ^a  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Prydz Bay; Quaternary; Sea ice; Thalassiosira antarctica

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRAGILARIOPSIS; FRAGILARIOPSIS CURTA; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036462208     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2279     Document Type: Article

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