Estuarine foraminifera record Holocene stratigraphic changes and Holocene climate changes in ENSO and the North American monsoon: Baffin Bay, Texas

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 404, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-56

  Buzas Stephens, Pamela ^a   Livsey, Daniel N ^b   Simms, Alexander R ^b   Buzas, Martin A ^c  

^a MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Baffin bay; El ni o southern oscillation; Foraminifera; Holocene climate change; North american monsoon; Texas

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MONSOON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; SEMIARID REGION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [LAGUNA MADRE]; GULF OF MEXICO; LAGUNA MADRE [TEXAS]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940254575     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.03.031     Document Type: Article

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