Ecological and environmental factors affecting alkenone distributions in seawater and sediments

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2000, Pages

  Volkman, John K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alkenone; ecology; Emiliania; environment; haptophytes; paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS;

ALKENONES; EMILIANIA; ENVIRONMENT; HAPTOPHYTES; PALEOCLIMATES;

ECOLOGY;

EMILIANIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78149455730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000061     Document Type: Review

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