Sea-surface dynamics and palaeoenvironmental changes in the North Atlantic Ocean (IODP Site U1313) during Marine Isotope Stage 19 inferred from coccolithophore assemblages

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 430, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-117

  Emanuele, D ^a   Ferretti, P ^b   Palumbo, E ^a   Amore, F O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannoplankton; Early Middle pleistocene; Foraminifera stable isotopes; IODP site u1313; MIS 19 interglacial; North atlantic ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COCCOLITH; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERSTADIAL; MELTING; NANOFOSSIL; NONLINEARITY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; POLAR FRONT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; FORAMINIFERA; GEPHYROCAPSA; UMBILICOSPHAERA SIBOGAE;

EID: 84929298963     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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