Palynological records of climate and oceanic conditions in the late pleistocene and holocene of the Nile Cone, Southeastern Mediterranean, Egypt

Palynology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-24

  Kholeif, Suzan E A ^a   Mudie, Peta J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous organic matter; Dinoflagellate cysts; Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Nile Cone; Pollen; Sapropel S1; Spores

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PLEISTOCENE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (SOUTHEAST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; EPHEDRA; IMPAGIDINIUM; SPINIFERITES; SPINIFERITES ELONGATUS;

EID: 77953684359     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gspalynol.33.1.1     Document Type: Article

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