The influence of siliciclastic input on Chaetoceros abundance in an early Pliocene segment of the ANDRILL AND-1B drill core

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 346-347, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-94

  Konfirst, Matthew A ^a,b   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

Antarctic geologic drilling mcmurdo ice shelf project; Chaetoceros; Early pliocene; Nearshore marine environments; Southern ocean diatoms

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DIATOMITE; DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE SHELF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANKTON; PLIOCENE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84863468313     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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