Contrasting sea-surface responses between the western Mediterranean Sea and eastern subtropical latitudes of the North Atlantic during abrupt climatic events of MIS 3

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Penaud, A ^a,b   Eynaud, F ^b   Sanchez Goni M ^c   Malaize B ^b   Turon, J L ^b   Rossignol, L ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Dansgaard Oeschger; Dinocysts; Greenland and Heinrich stadials; Iberian margin; SST and SSS quantification

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GYRE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

ALBORAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IBERIAN MARGIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79952522103     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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