Movement of oceanic fronts south of Australia during the last 10 ka: Interpretation of calcareous nannoplankton in surface sediments from the Southern Ocean

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 431-444

  Findlay, Claire S ^a   Giraudeau, Jacques ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannoplankton; Holocene; Palaeoceanography; Polar Front; Southern Ocean; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; NANNOPLANKTON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; POLAR FRONT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CALCIDISCUS; CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; COCCOLITHUS; COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA; GEPHYROCAPSA MUELLERAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI; LEPTOPORUS;

EID: 0036842703     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(02)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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