Late Pleistocene stratigraphy and palaeoceanographic implications in northern Bering Sea slope sediments: Evidence from the radiolarian species Cycladophora davisiana

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 856-865

  Itaki, Takuya ^a   Uchida, Masao ^b   Kim, Sunghan ^c   Shin, Hye Son ^c   Tada, Ryuji ^d   Khim, Boo Keun ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bering sea; Cycladophora davisiana; Intermediate water; Millennial scale; Palaeoceanography; Radiolaria; Stratigraphy; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIOLARIA; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

CYCLADOPHORA DAVISIANA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 70749157025     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1356     Document Type: Article

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