Paleoceanographic changes on the Farallon Escarpment off central California during the last 16,000 years

Quaternary International

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 26-39

  McGann, Mary ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FAUNA; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952192663     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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