High resolution palynological record off the Iberian margin: Direct land-sea correlation for the Last Interglacial complex

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-137

  Sanchez Goni M F ^a,c   Eynaud, F ^a   Turon, J L ^a   Shackleton, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Eemian; Isotopes; North Atlantic; Paleoclimatology; Pollen; Southern Europe

Indexed keywords

EEMIAN; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0343411383     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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