Neogene palaeoceanographic and palaeoclimatic events inferred from palynological data: Cape Basin off South Africa, ODP Leg 175

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 199-223

  Udeze, Chioma U ^a,b   Oboh Ikuenobe, Francisca E ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neogene; Ocean Drilling Program Leg 175; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimate; Palynofacies; Palynology

Indexed keywords

NEOGENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE BASIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 15944388285     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.026     Document Type: Article

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