Benthic foraminifera as palaeo sea-ice indicators in the subarctic realm - examples from the Labrador Sea-Baffin Bay region

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-144

  Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Sea ice proxy; Shelf; Subarctic region

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATED FORAMINIFERA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; SEA-ICE COVER; SEA-ICE INDICATORS; SHELF; SUBARCTIC REGIONS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEA ICE;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOINDICATOR; DOMINANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; ICE COVER; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE; SUBARCTIC REGION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; LABRADOR SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84885957115     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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