Response of calcareous nannofossil assemblages to paleoenvironmental changes through the mid-Pleistocene revolution at Site 1090 (Southern Ocean)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 333-349

  Marino, Maria ^a   Maiorano, Patrizia ^a   Lirer, Fabrizio ^b   Pelosi, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Mid Pleistocene revolution; ODP Site 1090; Paleoceanography; Paleoecology; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COCCOLITH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NANOFOSSIL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIME SERIES;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; GEPHYROCAPSA; HELICOSPHAERA; OOLITHOTUS FRAGILIS; PONTOSPHAERA; PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA; RETICULOFENESTRA; RETICULOFENESTRA ASANOI; RHABDOSPHAERA; SYRACOSPHAERA; UMBILICOSPHAERA;

EID: 69049101907     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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