Fossil record of holococcoliths and selected hetero-holococcolith associations from the Mediterranean (Holocene-late Pleistocene): Evaluation of carbonate diagenesis and palaeoecological-palaeocenographic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 237, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 191-212

  Crudeli, Daniela ^a   Young, Jeremy R ^b   Erba, Elisabetta ^a   Geisen, Markus ^c   Ziveri, Patrizia ^d   de Lange, Gert J ^e   Slomp, Caroline P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbonate diagenesis; Holococcoliths; Life cycles; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoecology; Sapropel S1

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; COCCOLITH; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI; SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA;

EID: 33745929921     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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