Potential use of stable oxygen isotope composition of Thoracosphaera heimii (Dinophyceae) for upper watercolumn (thermocline) temperature reconstruction

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 307-317

  Zonneveld, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous walled dinoflagellate cysts; Palaeotemperature; Stable oxygen isotopes; Thermocline deep chlorophyll maximum

Indexed keywords

CYST; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

DINOPHYCEAE; THORACOSPHAERA HEIMII;

EID: 1242299628     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(03)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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