Abrupt variability of the last 24ka BP recorded by coccolithophore assemblages off the Iberian Margin (core MD03-2699)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-328

  Palumbo, Eliana ^a   Flores, José A ^b   Perugia, Carmen ^a   Emanuele, Dario ^a   Petrillo, Zaccaria ^c   Rodrigues, Teresa ^d,e   Voelker, Antje H L ^d,e   Amore, Filomena O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e IPMA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abrupt variability; Coccolithophore palaeoproductivity; Late Pleistocene Holocene; Reworking

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; KARYOTYPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN;

COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; GEPHYROCAPSA MUELLERAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; TETRA; UMBILICOSPHAERA SIBOGAE;

EID: 84876784555     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2623     Document Type: Article

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