Orbitally-influenced vegetation record of the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition, offshore eastern New Zealand (ODP Leg 181, Site 1123)

Marine Geology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 87-111

  Mildenhall, D C ^a   Hollis, C J ^a   Naish, T R ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Glacial interglacial climate cycles; Mid Pleistocene Climate Transition; Palynology; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Pollen and spores; Southwest Pacific; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT POLLEN; WATER DEPTH;

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FREQUENCY AGILITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 1842767131     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(04)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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