The Middle Miocene climatic transition in the Southern Ocean: Evidence of paleoclimatic and hydrographic changes at Kerguelen plateau from planktonic foraminifers and stable isotopes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 371-386

  Verducci, M ^a   Foresi, L M ^a   Scott, G H ^b   Sprovieri, M ^c   Lirer, F ^c   Pelosi, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Kerguelen Plateau; Middle Miocene; Paleoceanography; Planktonic foraminifers; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLATEAU; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINITA GLUTINATA; GLOBOROTALIA; GLOBOTURBOROTALITA;

EID: 69049093709     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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