Stable isotopic analyses of modern benthic foraminifera from seasonally stratified shelf seas: Disequilibria and the 'seasonal effect'

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 747-758

  Scourse, J D ^a   Kennedy, H ^a   Scott, G A ^a   Austin, W E N ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Celtic Sea; Isotopic disequilibria; Palaeoceanography; Seasonal stratification; Shelf sea; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF SEA; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

AMMONIA BATAVUS; FORAMINIFERA; QUINQUELOCULINA; QUINQUELOCULINA SEMINULUM;

EID: 4544223616     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl753rp     Document Type: Article

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