Operculodinium aguinawense sp. nov., A dinoflagellate cyst from the late pleistocene and recent sediments of the east equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Palynology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 125-139

  Marret, Fabienne ^a   Kim, So Young ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate cysts; Gulf of Guinea; Pleistocene Holocene; River discharge; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MONSOON; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOSALINITY; PALYNOMORPH; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIGHT OF BONNY; GULF OF GUINEA;

DINOPHYCEAE; OPERCULODINIUM;

EID: 77953770941     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gspalynol.33.1.125     Document Type: Article

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