Northeastern Ionian Sea: Palaeoceanographic variability over the last 22 ka

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 623-638

  Geraga, M ^a   Mylona, G ^a   Tsaila Monopoli, St ^a   Papatheodorou, G ^a   Ferentinos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

8.2 ka event; Foraminifera; Multivariate analysis; Northeastern Ionian Sea; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; RANDOM VARIABLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SUPERALLOYS; SURFACE WATERS;

FORAMINIFERA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTHEASTERN IONIAN SEA; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE;

SEDIMENTS;

CORE ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 54049086086     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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