Holocene palaeoceanographic changes in Barrow Strait, Canadian Arctic: Foraminiferal evidence

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 903-910

  Gregory, Thomas R ^a   Smart, Christopher W ^b   Hart, Malcolm B ^b   Massé, Guillaume ^b,c   Vare, Lindsay L ^b   Belt, Simon T ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Canadian Arctic; Carbonate dissolution; Holocene; IP25; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DISSOLUTION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER MASS;

BARROW STRAIT; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BUCCELLA FRIGIDA; CASSIDULINA RENIFORME; CIBICIDES LOBATULUS; ELPHIDIUM CLAVATUM; FORAMINIFERA; ISLANDIELLA HELENAE;

EID: 77958083069     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1367     Document Type: Article

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