A diatom record of late Pliocene cooling from the Ross Sea continental shelf, AND-1B, Antarctica

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-96

  Sjunneskog, Charlotte ^a   Winter, Diane ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

ANDRILL; Antarctica; Climate change; Diatom; Late Pliocene; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

ANDRILL; ANTARCTICA; DIATOM; LATE PLIOCENE; ROSS SEA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

SEA ICE;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; COOLING; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMY;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; FRAGILARIOPSIS; FRAGILARIOPSIS CURTA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 84866347729     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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