Arctic dinoflagellate migrations mark the strongest Oligocene glaciations

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 709-712

  Van Simaeys, Stefaan ^a   Brinkhuis, Henk ^b   Pross, Jörg ^c   Williams, Graham L ^d   Zachos, James C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate cysts; Global atmospheric cooling; Migration; Oligocene; Rupelian Chattian boundary; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC COOLING; OLIGOCENE GLACIATIONS; RUPELIAN-CHATTIAN BOUNDARY; MIGRATION; OLIGOCENE; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; COOLING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DINOFLAGELLATE; GLACIATION; OLIGOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; ABUNDANCE; COOLING; MIGRATION; RUPELIAN;

DINOPHYCEAE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 24644521596     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21634.1     Document Type: Article

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