Deciphering the palaeoecology of Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene dinoflagellate cysts

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 17-32

  De Schepper, Stijn ^a   Fischer, Eva I ^b   Groeneveld, Jeroen ^c   Head, Martin J ^b   Matthiessen, Jens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Dinocyst; Mg Ca geochemistry; North Atlantic; Palaeoecology; Quaternary; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DATA SET; DATABASE; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNESIUM; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

DINOPHYCEAE; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; IMPAGIDINIUM;

EID: 79960644196     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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