What do SST proxies really tell us? A high-resolution multiproxy (UK'37, TEXH86 and foraminifera δ18O) study in the Gulf of Taranto, central Mediterranean Sea

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-131

  Grauel, Anna Lena ^a   Leider, Arne ^b,c   Goudeau, Marie Louise S ^d   Müller, Inigo A ^a,e   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^a   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^b,c   de Lange, Gert J ^d   Zonneveld, Karin A F ^b   Versteegh, Gerard J M ^b,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Lipid biomarkers; Little Ice Age; Mediterranean climate; SST; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; LIPID BIOMARKERS; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; SST; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

SEDIMENTS;

AMPLITUDE; BIOMARKER; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; LIPID; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROKARYOTE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF TARANTO; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CRENARCHAEOTA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; HAPTOPHYCEAE; UVIGERINA MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 84879266379     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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