Arctic planktic foraminiferal assemblages: Implications for subsurface temperature reconstructions

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-47

  Husum, K ^a   Hald, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Fram Strait; Planktic foraminifera; Subsurface temperatures; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIMEN BANK; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINITA UVULA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA INCOMPTA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA; TURBOROTALITA QUINQUELOBA;

EID: 84865444471     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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