Contrasting variability in foraminiferal and organic paleotemperature proxies in sedimenting particles of the Mozambique Channel (SW Indian Ocean)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5834-5848

  Fallet, Ulrike ^a   Ullgren, Jenny E ^a   Castañeda, Isla S ^a   van Aken, Hendrik M ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a   Ridderinkhof, Herman ^a   Brummer, Geert Jan A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBIGERINOIDES TRILOBUS; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI;

EID: 80052916307     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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