Centennial- to millennial-scale climate oscillations in the Central-Eastern Mediterranean Sea between 20,000 and 70,000 years ago: Evidence from a high-resolution geochemical and micropaleontological record

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-135

  Sprovieri, Mario ^a   Di Stefano, Enrico ^b   Incarbona, Alessandro ^b   Salvagio Manta, Daniela ^a   Pelosi, Nicola ^a   Ribera d'Alcalà, Maurizio ^c   Sprovieri, Rodolfo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ba Ca ratios; Calcareous plankton; Central eastern Mediterranean; D O events; Heinrich events; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS PLANKTON; CENTRAL-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; D-O EVENTS; HEINRICH EVENTS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ISOTOPES;

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CLIMATE VARIATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; ICE CORE; ICEBERG; INTERSTADIAL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 84861898646     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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