Long chain alkenones in the Early Pliocene Sicilian sediments (Trubi Formation - Punta di Maiata section): Implications for the alkenone paleothermometry

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 253-263

  Beltran, C ^a   Flores, J A ^b   Sicre, M A ^c   Baudin, F ^a   Renard, M ^a   de Rafelis M ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alkenone; Early Pliocene; Mediterranean Sea; Reticulofenestrids; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; CALIBRATION; COCCOLITH; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLIOCENE; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; RETICULOFENESTRA; RETICULOFENESTRA MINUTULA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 79960727033     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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