Interglacial variability (MIS 5 and MIS 7) and dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 136-155

  Penaud, A ^a   Eynaud, F ^a   Turon, J L ^a   Zaragosi, S ^a   Marret, F ^b   Bourillet, J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Celtic Armorican margin; Climatic optima; Dinoflagellate cysts; Foraminifera; Interglacial Complexes; Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 5 and 7

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FORAMINIFERA; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; MIRABILIS; SPINIFERITES; SPINIFERITES MIRABILIS;

EID: 48049089567     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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