Paleoceanographic conditions in the western Caribbean Sea for the last 560 kyr as inferred from planktonic foraminifera

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 177-188

  Martinez, J Ignacio ^a   Mora, Germán ^b   Barrows, Timothy T ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; Colombia Basin; Guajira upwelling system; Late Pleistocene; Magdalena River; Paleoproductivity; Planktonic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; COLOMBIA; MAGDALENA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINELLA SIPHONIFERA; GLOBIGERINITA GLUTINATA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA; GLOBOROTALIA MENARDII; GLOBOROTALIA TRUNCATULINOIDES; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 34548029968     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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