Alkenone paleothermometry: Biological lessons from marine sediment records off western South America

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-117

  Prahl, Fredrick G ^a   Mix, Alan C ^a   Sparrow, Margaret A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; GEOTHERMOMETRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 29544431659     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.08.023     Document Type: Article

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