Oscillations of the siliceous imprint in the central Benguela Upwelling System from MIS 3 through to the early Holocene: The influence of the Southern Ocean

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 733-743

  Romero, O ^a   Mollenhauer, G ^a   Schneider, R R ^b   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Benguela; Diatoms; Silicate; Southern Ocean; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SILICATE; UPWELLING;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS;

EID: 0345830745     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.789     Document Type: Article

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