Holocene salinity changes in the southwestern black sea: A reconstruction based on dinoflagellate cysts

Palynology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 77-100

  Verleye, Thomas J ^a   Mertens, Kenneth N ^a   Louwye, Stephen ^a   Arz, Helge W ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Dinoflagellate cysts; Holocene; Salinity changes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSALINITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

BLACK SEA; SAKARYA RIVER; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

DINOPHYCEAE; LINGULODINIUM MACHAEROPHORUM; PENTAPHARSODINIUM DALEI; PERIDINIUM; PYXIDINOPSIS PSILATA; SPINIFERITES; SPINIFERITES CRUCIFORMIS;

EID: 77649338290     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gspalynol.33.1.77     Document Type: Article

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