East-West similarities and differences in the surface and deep northern Arabian Sea records during the past 21Kyr

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 301, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 75-85

  Gupta, Anil K ^a   Mohan, K ^a   Sarkar, Sudipta ^b   Clemens, Steven C ^c   Ravindra, Rasik ^d   Uttam, Rajesh K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; B A interstadials; Foraminifera; Last Glacial Maximum (LGM).; Summer monsoon; Younger Dryas (YD)

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FOSSIL RECORD; INORGANIC CARBON; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VENTILATION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

BULIMINA ACULEATA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; MELONIS BARLEEANUM; PTEROPODA; SPHAEROIDINA BULLOIDES; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 79951683189     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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