Tracking the equatorial front in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean by the isotopic and faunal composition of planktonic foraminifera

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 24-40

  Rincón Martínez, Daniel ^a   Steph, Silke ^b   Lamy, Frank ^a   Mix, Alan ^c   Tiedemann, Ralf ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern equatorial Pacific; Equatorial front; Planktonic foraminifera; Stable isotopes; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FAUNISTICS; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER; GLOBOROTALIA MENARDII; GLOBOROTALIA TUMIDA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI; PULLENIATINA OBLIQUILOCULATA;

EID: 79952817773     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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