Late Quaternary upwelling variations in the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean as inferred from dinoflagellate cysts, planktonic foraminifera, and organic carbon content

Quaternary Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-67

  Höll, Christine ^a   Kemle Von Mücke, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Eastern equatorial Atlantic upwelling; Late Quaternary; Planktonic foraminifera; Stable oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; QUATERNARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UPWELLING;

(EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0343081519     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2000.2139     Document Type: Article

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