Coccolithophores as proxy of seawater changes at orbital-to-millennial scale during middle Pleistocene Marine Isotope Stages 14-9 in North Atlantic core MD01-2446

Paleoceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 518-532

  Marino, Maria ^a   Maiorano, Patrizia ^a   Tarantino, Francesca ^a   Voelker, Antje ^b,c   Capotondi, Lucilla ^d   Girone, Angela ^a   Lirer, Fabrizio ^e   Flores, José Abel ^f   Naafs, B David A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coccolithophores; diversity and paleoproductivity; ocean front dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902041092     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013PA002574     Document Type: Article

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