Calcareous dinoflagellate cysts from the Pleistocene (Marine Isotope Stage 31) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 597-604

  Streng, Michael ^a   Esper, Oliver ^b   Wollenburg, Jutta ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Cape Roberts project; Caracomia, cyst ultrastructure; foraminifera; palaeoenvironment; Thoracosphaera

Indexed keywords

CYST; DINOFLAGELLATE; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL RECORD; FRAGMENTATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LATITUDE; MORPHOTYPE; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CARACOMIA; CARACOMIA ARCTICA; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; THORACOSPHAERA;

EID: 82155185176     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000605     Document Type: Article

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