Pleistocene variations in dust input and marine productivity in the northern Benguela Current: Evidence of evolution of global glacial-interglacial cycles

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 515-533

  Jahn, Britta ^a   Donner, Barbara ^a   Müller, Peter J ^a   Röhl, Ursula ^a   Schneider, Ralph R ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austral winter insolation; Benguela Current; Eolian input; Marine productivity; Mid Pleistocene climate shift; Northern hemisphere glaciation; Northern upwelling system; Southeast trade winds; Walvis Basin

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; WALVIS BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA;

EID: 0037403548     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00264-5     Document Type: Article

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