Enhanced productivity on the Iberian margin during glacial/interglacial transitions revealed by barium and diatoms

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 667-677

  Thomson, J ^a   Nixon, S ^a   Summerhayes, C P ^a   Rohling, E J ^a   Schonfeld J ^b   Zahn, R ^b   Grootes, P ^c   Abrantes, F ^d   Gaspar, L ^d   Vaqueiro, S ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Barium; Iberian margin; Oxygen isotopes; Pleistocene; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; DIATOM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 17044441493     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.3.667     Document Type: Article

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