A 450-kyr record of hydrological conditions on the western Agulhas Bank Slope, south of Africa

Marine Geology

Volumn 180, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 183-201

  Rau, A J ^a   Rogers, J ^a   Lutjeharms, J R E ^a   Giraudeau, J ^b   Lee Thorp, J A ^a   Chen, M T ^c   Waelbroeck, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

'Cape valve'; Agulhas Current; Indian Atlantic exchange; Planktonic foraminifera; Subantarctic water; Subtropical Convergence

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

ASSEMBLAGES;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

GLOBAL OCEAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

AGULHAS BANK; INDIAN OCEAN;

GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI; GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA; GLOBOROTALIA MENARDII; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 0037082617     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00213-4     Document Type: Article

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