Coccolithophores as palaeoecological indicators for shifts of the ITCZ in the Cariaco Basin during the late Quaternary

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-174

  Mertens, Kenneth N J M ^a   Lynn, Matt ^b   Aycard, Mylene ^c   Lin, Hui Ling ^d   Louwye, Stephen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cariaco; Coccoliths; Dissolution; GEX; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ALLEROD; BOLLING; COCCOLITH; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOECOLOGY; PREBOREAL; QUATERNARY; TAXONOMY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 66149096623     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1194     Document Type: Article

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