Middle-late Holocene Caribbean aridity inferred from foraminifera and elemental data in sediment cores from two Cuban lagoons

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 426, Issue , 2015, Pages 229-241

  Gregory, Braden R B ^a   Peros, Matthew ^b   Reinhardt, Eduard G ^a   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean Paleoclimate; Coastal Lagoon; Cuba; Foraminifera; Holocene; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BRACKISH WATER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL LAGOON; FORAMINIFERA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CUBA;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA TEPIDA; ELPHIDIUM; ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM; FORAMINIFERA; MILIOLINA; QUINQUELOCULINA; TRILOCULINA;

EID: 84925597541     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.02.029     Document Type: Article

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