The high-resolution palaeoclimatic and palaeoceanographic history of the last 24,000 years in the central Aegean Sea, Greece

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 101-115

  Geraga, M ^a   Ioakim, Chr ^b   Lykousis, V ^c   Tsaila Monopolis, St ^a   Mylona, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Climatic variability; Dinoflagellate; Eastern Mediterranean; Late Quaternary; Planktonic foraminifera; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; POLLEN; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYNCHRONY;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77149180765     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.023     Document Type: Article

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