The palynological record of terrigenous flux to the deep sea: Late Pliocene-Recent examples from 41°N in the abyssal Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 81-95

  McCarthy, Francine M G ^a   Gostlin, Kevin E ^b   Mudie, Peta J ^c   Pedersen, Rikke Ohlenschlager ^d  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal sedimentation; Late Cenozoic marine palynology; Terrigenous flux; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

DINOPHYCEAE; GONYAULACACEAE; PROTOPERIDINIACEAE;

EID: 0346336796     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00113-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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