Evolution of nutricline dynamics in the equatorial Pacific during the late Pliocene

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bolton, Clara T ^a   Gibbs, Samantha J ^a   Wilson, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcareous nannofossils; equatorial Pacific; obliquity; Ocean Drilling Program; Pliocene; productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868615648     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009PA001821     Document Type: Article

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