Foraminiferal ecozones, a high resolution proxy for the late Quaternary biochronology in the central Mediterranean Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 253-274

  Capotondi, Lucilla ^a   Maria Borsetti, Anna ^a   Morigi, Caterina ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

14C dating; Central Mediterranean Sea; Ecozone; Late Quaternary; Oxygen isotope record; Planktic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUATERNARY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0344141390     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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