Comparison of the Holocene and Eemian palaeoenvironments in the South Icelandic Basin: Dinoflagellate cysts as proxies for the North Atlantic surface circulation

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 55-79

  Eynaud, F ^a   Turon, J L ^a   Duprat, J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate cyst (dinocyst); Eemian; Holocene; Marine Isotopic Stage 5; Palaeoclimatology

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; EEMIAN; HOLOCENE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND BASIN;

DINOFLAGELLATA; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; MIRABILIS; OPERCULODINIUM CENTROCARPUM; SPINIFERITES MIRABILIS;

EID: 0348227708     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00112-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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