Late-Holocene climate variability in the Adriatic Sea (Central Mediterranean)

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-167

  Piva, Andrea ^a   Asioli, Alessandra ^b   Trincardi, Fabio ^a   Schneider, Ralph R ^c   Vigliotti, Luigi ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Deep water formation; Foraminifera; Late Holocene; Mediterranean; Oxygen isotopes; Short term climate change

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BRONZE AGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER;

EID: 40849094428     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607085606     Document Type: Article

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