Millennial scale coccolithophore paleoproductivity and surface water changes between 445 and 360ka (Marine Isotope Stages 12/11) in the Northeast Atlantic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 383-384, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-41

  Palumbo, E ^a   Flores, J A ^b   Perugia, C ^a   Petrillo, Z ^c   Voelker, A H L ^d,e   Amore, F O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coccolithophore Paleoproductivity; Middle Pleistocene; Millennial scale variability; Northeast Atlantic Ocean; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; COCCOLITH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SURFACE WATER; UPWELLING; WAVELET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); IBERIAN MARGIN; PORTUGAL;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84878646940     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.04.024     Document Type: Article

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