Pliocene seasonality across the North Atlantic inferred from cheilostome bryozoans

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 226-235

  Knowles, Tanya ^a,b   Taylor, Paul D ^a   Williams, Mark ^c   Haywood, Alan M ^d   Okamura, Beth ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual temperature range; Bryozoa; Palaeoclimate proxies; Palaeoseasonality; Pliocene; Zooid size

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRYOZOAN; PALEOSALINITY; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE HATTERAS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; HATTERAS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; NORTH SEA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOZOA;

EID: 65649142610     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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