Coccolith δ18O and alkenone records in middle Pliocene orbitally controlled deposits: High-frequency temperature and salinity variations of sea surface water

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Beltran, Catherine ^a   De Rafé Lis, Marc ^a   Minoletti, Fabrice ^a   Renard, Maurice ^a   Sicre, Marie Alexandrine ^b   Ezat, Ullah ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alkenone; Calcareous nannofossils; Mediterranean; Pliocene; Sapropels; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849152321     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001483     Document Type: Article

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