Correlated millennial-scale changes in surface hydrography and terrigenous sediment yield inferred from Last-Glacial marine deposits off northeastern Brazil

Quaternary Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-166

  Arz, Helge W ^a   Pätzold, Jürgen ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Equatorial); (Northeast); Atlantic ocean; Brazil; Depositional environment; Last glacial; Oxygen isotope; Paleoceanography; Paleoclimate; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION;

(EQUATORIAL); (NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER;

EID: 0344196963     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.1992     Document Type: Article

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