Palaeoproductivity changes and upwelling variability in the Galicia Mud Patch during the last 5000 years: Geochemical and microfloral evidence

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1207-1218

  Bernardez P ^a,b   Gonzalez Alvarez R ^b   Frances G ^b   Prego, R ^a   Barcena M A ^c   Romero, O E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diatom assemblages; Galicia Mud Patch; Geochemistry; Late Holocene; Metals; NW Iberian Peninsula; Palaeoceanography.; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoproductivity; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIATOM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA MUD PATCH; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ICELAND; MACARONESIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 67849095347     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608096596     Document Type: Article

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