Benthic foraminifera in Hornsund, Svalbard: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-375

  Zajaczkowski, Marek ^a   Szczuciński, Witold ^b   Plessen, Birgit ^c   Jernas, Patrycja ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthic foraminifera; Fjords; Oxygen and carbon stable isotopes; Paleotemperature; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON ISOTOPE; FJORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; HORNSUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CASSIDULINA RENIFORME; CIBICIDES LOBATULUS; ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM; FORAMINIFERA; NONIONELLINA LABRADORICA;

EID: 78751638339     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-010-0010-4     Document Type: Article

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