Changes in planktic and benthic foraminifer assemblages in the Gulf of Lions, off south France: Response to climate and sea level change from MIS 6 to MIS 11

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1258-1276

  Cortina, Aleix ^a   Sierro, Francisco Javier ^a   Filippelli, Gabriel ^b   Flores, José Abel ^a   Berné, Serge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

foraminifer; Gulf of Lions; northwesterly winds; sea level

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; EUTROPHICATION; SEA LEVEL; SILICATES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WIND;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CROSS-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; FORAMINIFER; GULF OF LION; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; OXYGENATED ENVIRONMENTS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EUSTACY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84878380117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20096     Document Type: Article

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