Glacial-interglacial productivity changes recorded by alkenones and microfossils in late Pliocene eastern equatorial Pacific and Atlantic upwelling zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 401-411

  Bolton, Clara T ^a   Lawrence, Kira T ^b   Gibbs, Samantha J ^a   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Cleaveland, Laura C ^c   Herbert, Timothy D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkenones; Microfossils; Ocean Drilling Program; Pliocene; Productivity; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALKENONES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL; CARBON CYCLE CHANGES; COCCOLITHOPHORES; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; GLOBAL OCEAN; LATE PLIOCENE; MICROFOSSILS; NEW PRODUCTION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STRONG CORRELATION; TIME-SCALES; UPWELLING AREAS; UPWELLING REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; TIME SERIES;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

ALKENONE; CARBON CYCLE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROFOSSIL; NANOFOSSIL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLIOCENE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; RETICULOFENESTRA;

EID: 77953688433     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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