Paleoenvironmental conditions at Core KC01B (Ionian Sea) through MIS 13-9: Evidence from calcareous nannofossil assemblages

Quaternary International

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-111

  Maiorano, Patrizia ^a   Tarantino, Francesca ^a   Marino, Maria ^a   De Lange, Gert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMIDITY; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NANOFOSSIL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SALINITY;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

CALCIOSOLENIA; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; GEPHYROCAPSA; GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA; OOLITHOTUS; RHABDOSPHAERA; SYRACOSPHAERA; UMBILICOSPHAERA SIBOGAE;

EID: 84873738614     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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