Spatial distribution of benthic foraminiferal stable isotopes and dinocyst assemblages in surface sediments of the Trondheimsfjord, central Norway

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4433-4448

  Milzer, G ^a   Giraudeau, J ^a   Faust, J ^b   Knies, J ^b   Eynaud, F ^a   Ruhlemann C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DINOFLAGELLATE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; NORWAY; TRONDHEIMSFJORDEN;

EID: 84880161241     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4433-2013     Document Type: Article

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