The tropical rainbelt and productivity changes off northwest Africa: A 31,000-year high-resolution record

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 76-91

  Zarriess, Michelle ^a   Mackensen, Andreas ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Coastal upwelling; NW Africa; Paleoproductivity; Seasonality; Tropical rainbelt

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALGAL BLOOM; ARIDITY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINBAND; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT CORE; TRADE WIND; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UPWELLING;

AFRICAN MARGIN [ATLANTIC OCEAN]; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77956187048     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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