Palaeoenvironmental information gained from calcareous dinoflagellates: The late quaternary eastern and western tropical atlantic ocean in comparison

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 147-164

  Höll, Christine ^a   Karwath, Britta ^a   Rühlemann, Carsten ^a   Zonneveld, Karin A F ^a   Willems, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous dinoflagellates; Late Quaternary; Palaeoenvironment; Tropical Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

DINOFLAGELLATE; ORGANIC CARBON; QUATERNARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

DINOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344699429     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00141-2     Document Type: Article

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