Late Miocene through early Pliocene deep water circulation and climate change viewed from the sub-Antarctic South Atlantic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 185, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 287-307

  Billups, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Miocene; Ocean Drilling Program site 1088; Paleoceanography; Pliocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOCURRENT; PLIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 0037106206     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00340-1     Document Type: Article

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