Orbitally-controlled oscillations in planktic communities and cyclic changes in western Mediterranean hydrography during the Messinian

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2003, Pages 289-316

  Sierro, F J ^a   Flores, J A ^a   Frances G ^b   Vazquez, A ^c   Utrilla, R ^c   Zamarreno I ^c   Erlenkeuser, H ^d   Barcena, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Mediterranean; Messinian; Milankovitch cyclicity; Planktic foraminifera; Sapropels; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; MESSINIAN; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0037440503     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00611-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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