Late Glacial to Holocene history of the Mediterranean outflow. Evidence from benthic foraminiferal assemblages and stable isotopes at the Portuguese margin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 85-111

  Schonfeld J ^a   Zahn, R ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic taxa; C 13; Continental slope; East Atlantic; Foraminifera; Paleocurrents

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORE LOGGING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; OUTFLOW; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0040775295     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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