Paleoceanographic changes during the past 1.9 Myr at DSDP Site 238, Central Indian Ocean Basin: Benthic foraminiferal proxies

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-166

  Gupta, Anil K ^a   Sarkar, Sudipta ^a   Mukherjee, Baidehi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Central Indian Ocean Basin; DSDP 238; Paleoceanographic changes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOFACIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

CENTRAL INDIAN BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33745369333     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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