Late Quaternary oceanic fronts along Chatham Rise indicated by phytoplankton assemblages, and refined calcareous nannofossil stratigraphy for the mid-latitude SW Pacific

Marine Geology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 59-86

  Fenner, Juliane ^a   Di Stefano, Agata ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannoplankton; Diatoms; Endemic subantarctic species; Joides Resolution; Leg 181; Ocean Drilling Program; Quantitative biostratigraphy; Subtropical Convergence; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS; PLANKTONIC DIATOMS; SUBTROPICAL SURFACE WATER;

FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; NANOFOSSIL; OCEANIC FRONT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUATERNARY;

CHATHAM RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1842817415     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(04)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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