Radiolarian and sedimentologic paleoproductivity proxies in late Pleistocene sediments of the Benguela Upwelling System, ODP Site 1084

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 223-235

  Lazarus, D ^a   Bittniok, B ^a   Diester Haass, L ^b   Billups, K ^c   Ogawa, Y ^d   Takahashi, K ^d   Meyers, P ^e  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Marine sediments; Micropaleontology; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISSOLUTION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEOGENE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOLARIA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UPWELLING; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 49049084830     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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