Paleoenvironmental changes at the lower Pleistocene Montalbano Jonico section (southern Italy): Global versus regional signals

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 371, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-79

  Girone, Angela ^a   Capotondi, Lucilla ^b   Ciaranfi, Neri ^a   Di Leo, Paola ^c   Lirer, Fabrizio ^c   Maiorano, Patrizia ^a   Marino, Maria ^a   Pelosi, Nicola ^c   Pulice, Iolanda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous plankton; Geochemistry and mineralogy; Lower Pleistocene; Montalbano Jonico section (southern Italy); Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MINERALOGY; NANOFOSSIL; OBLIQUITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; SAPROPEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

BASILICATA; ITALY; MATERA; MONTALBANO JONICO;

BRAARUDOSPHAERA BIGELOWI; CALCIOSOLENIA; CASSIDULINA CARINATA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBIGERINOIDES TRILOBUS; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA; TURBOROTALITA QUINQUELOBA;

EID: 84873299380     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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