Correlation of Early Pliocene diatomite to low amplitude Milankovitch cycles in the ANDRILL AND-1B drill core

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 114-124

  Konfirst, Matthew A ^a   Kuhn, Gerhard ^a   Monien, Donata ^a   Scherer, Reed P ^b  

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

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANDRILL MIS; Early Pliocene; Milankovitch cycles; Nearshore marine environments; Southern Ocean diatoms

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DIATOM; DIATOMITE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; VOLUME;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; ROSS ISLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 79960835659     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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