Planktic foraminifera, particle flux and oceanic productivity off Pakistan, NE Arabian Sea: Modern analogues and application to the palaeoclimatic record

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 499-516

  Schulz, Hartmut ^a   von Rad, Ulrich ^b   Ittekkot, Venugopalan ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTATION;

ARABIAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINA FALCONENSIS; LAMIINAE;

EID: 0036910944     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.195.01.27     Document Type: Article

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