Palynomorphs from a sediment core reveal a sudden remarkably warm Antarctica during the middle Miocene

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 955-958

  Warny, Sophie ^a   Askin, Rosemary A ^a   Hannah, Michael J ^b   Mohr, Barbara A R ^c   Raine, J Ian ^d   Harwood, David M ^e   Florindo, Fabio ^f  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c Museum of Natural History   (Germany)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; FRESHWATER ALGAE; FRESHWATER INPUTS; MIDDLE MIOCENE; PALYNOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGE; PALYNOMORPHS; ROSS SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEDIMENT CORE; SHORT PERIODS; WOODY PLANTS;

ALGAE;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

ALGA; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 70350399635     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30139A.1     Document Type: Article

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