Pleistocene calcareous nannofossil biochronology at IODP Site U1385 (Expedition 339)

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-65

  Balestra, B ^a   Flores, J A ^b   Hodell, D A ^c   Hernandez Molina F J ^d   Stow, D A V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossil bioevents; Environmental control; Paleoceanographic implications; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL;

CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL; CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NANOFOSSIL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGUESE SHELF;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA; GEPHYROCAPSA OMEGA; HELICOSPHAERA; RETICULOFENESTRA ASANOI;

EID: 84954372929     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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