Biochronology and paleoceanography of late Pleistocene and Holocene calcareous nannofossil abundances across the Arctic Basin

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 86-98

  Backman, Jan ^a   Fornaciari, Eliana ^b   Rio, Domenico ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abundance patterns; Arctic; Atlantic influence; Holocene; Nannofossils; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; NANOFOSSIL; NANOPLANKTON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SHALLOW WATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA;

EID: 65749113667     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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