Reconstruction of palaeoceanographic conditions in the South Atlantic Ocean at the last two Terminations based on calcareous dinoflagellate cysts

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 680-693

  Esper, O ^a   Zonneveld, K A F ^a   Hoh, C ^a   Karwath, B ^a   Kuhlmann, H ^a   Schneider, R R ^a   Yink, A ^a   Weise Ihlo, I ^a   Willems, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous dinoflagellate cysts; Glacial Terminations; Late Quaternary; Palaeoceanography; South Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS ALGA; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

THORACOSPHAERA HEIMII;

EID: 0343673418     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050297     Document Type: Article

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