A 350-ky radiolarian record off Lüderitz, Namibia-evidence for changes in the upwelling regime

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-210

  Jacot Des Combes, H ^a   Abelmann, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Benguela upwelling system; Pleistocene; Radiolarians; source water

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOLARIA; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

AFRICA; KARAS; LUDERITZ; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 33846556326     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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