Reconstructing marine productivity of the Cariaco Basin during marine isotope stages 3 and 4 using organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  González, Catalina ^a   Dupont, Lydie M ^a   Mertens, Kenneth ^b   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYST; DINOFLAGELLATE; GLACIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

BRIGANTEDINIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; SPINIFERITES RAMOSUS;

EID: 65649125995     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001602     Document Type: Article

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