A Middle Pleistocene Northeast Atlantic coccolithophore record: Paleoclimatology and paleoproductivity aspects

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 90-91, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-59

  Amore, F O ^a   Flores, J A ^b   Voelker, A H L ^c,d   Lebreiro, S M ^e   Palumbo, E ^a   Sierro, F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coccolithophores; Mid Pleistocene; North Atlantic Ocean; Paleoclimate; Paleoproductivity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCUMULATION RATE; COCCOLITH; ECCENTRICITY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOPLANKTON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; GEPHYROCAPSA; GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; RHABDOSPHAERA; SYRACOSPHAERA; UMBILICOSPHAERA SIBOGAE;

EID: 84860788472     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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