Stable oxygen isotopes from the calcareous-walled dinoflagellate Thoracosphaera heimii as a proxy for changes in mixed layer temperatures off NW Africa during the last 45,000 yr

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 311-322

  Kohn, Marion ^a   Steinke, Stephan ^a   Baumann, Karl Heinz ^a   Donner, Barbara ^a   Meggers, Helge ^a   Zonneveld, Karin A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous walled dinoflagellate cyst; Deep chlorophyll maximum; NW africa; Palaeotemperature; Stable oxygen isotopes; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CHLOROPHYLL; DINOFLAGELLATE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AFRICA;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; THORACOSPHAERA HEIMII;

EID: 79952738978     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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