Western versus eastern Mediterranean paleoceanographic response to astronomical forcing: A high-resolution microplankton study of precession-controlled sedimentary cycles during the Messinian

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2003, Pages 317-334

  Perez Folgado M ^a   Sierro, F J ^a   Barcena M A ^a   Flores, J A ^a   Vazquez A ^b   Utrilla, R ^b   Hilgen, F J ^c   Krijgsman, W ^c   Filippelli, G M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical cyclicity; Faunal cycles; Late Messinian; Lithological cycles; Mediterranean Sea; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; MESSINIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINA GLUTINATA; GLOBIGERINITA GLUTINATA; GLOBOROTALIIDAE; ORBULINA UNIVERSA;

EID: 0037440528     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00612-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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