Reconstructing past sea ice cover of the Northern Hemisphere from dinocyst assemblages: Status of the approach

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-134

  De Vernal, Anne ^a   Rochon, André ^a,b   Fréchette, Bianca ^a   Henry, Maryse ^a   Radi, Taoufik ^a   Solignac, Sandrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate; Dinoflagellates; Modern analogue technique; Organic walled microfossils; Palynology; Sea ice cover; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CLIMATE; DINOFLAGELLATES; MICROFOSSILS; MODERN ANALOGUE TECHNIQUES; PALYNOLOGY; SEA-ICE COVER; SUBARCTIC;

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

SEA ICE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ICE COVER; MICROFOSSIL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SUBARCTIC REGION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRIGANTEDINIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; ECHINIDINIUM; IMPAGIDINIUM; OPERCULODINIUM CENTROCARPUM; PENTAPHARSODINIUM DALEI; POLYKRIKOS; SPINIFERITES ELONGATUS;

EID: 84885960093     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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