Precessional forcing of coccolithophore assemblages in the northern Arabian Sea: Implications for monsoonal dynamics during the last 200,000 years

Marine Geology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-48

  Rogalla, U ^a   Andruleit, H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Coccolithophores; Late Quaternary; Monsoon; Precession; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; COCCOLITHOPHORE; MONSOON; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COCCOLITH; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRECESSION; QUATERNARY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FLORISPHAERA; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; GEPHYROCAPSA ERICSONII; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 18844457065     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.028     Document Type: Article

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