Stable isotopic composition of Holocene benthic foraminifers from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Past changes in productivity and deep water oxygenation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 106-115

  Kuhnt, Tanja ^a   Schmiedl, Gerhard ^b   Ehrmann, Werner ^a   Hamann, Yvonne ^a   Andersen, Nils ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Eastern Mediterranean; Holocene; Sapropel S1; Stable oxygen and carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MASS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AEGEAN SEA; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; PLANULINA ARIMINENSIS; UVIGERINA MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 52949090017     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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