Siliceous sedimentary record of the last 280 kyr in the Canary basin (NW Africa)

Marine Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 21-35

  Nave, Sílvia ^a   Salgueiro, Emília ^a   Abrantes, Fátima ^a  

^a Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canary Basin; Coastal upwelling; Diatoms; Marine sediments; NW Africa; Paleoproductivity

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOLOGY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

SILICEOUS MICROFOSSILS;

SEDIMENTS;

DIATOM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY BASIN;

CHAETOCEROS;

EID: 0037446202     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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