Response of marine palynomorphs to Neogene climate cooling in the Iceland Sea (ODP Hole 907A)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-67

  Schreck, M ^a   Meheust, M ^a   Stein, R ^a   Matthiessen, J ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Alkenone; Dinoflagellate cysts; Iceland Sea; Neogene; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; BIOACCUMULATION; BOTTOM WATER; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLIOCENE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; ICELAND SHELF;

ACRITARCHA; DINOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84879094055     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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