Quaternary ostracode and foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoceanography in the western Arctic Ocean

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-133

  Cronin, T M ^a   DeNinno, L H ^a   Polyak, L ^b   Caverly, E K ^a   Poore, R Z ^a   Brenner, A ^a   Rodriguez Lazaro, J ^c   Marzen, R E ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mid Pleistocene Transition; MIS 11; MIS 5; Paleoceanography; Quaternary; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EXTINCTION; FORAMINIFERA; INTERGLACIAL; INTERSTADIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OSTRACOD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE; MENDELEYEV RIDGE; NORTHWIND RIDGE;

BOLIVINA; BULIMINA ACULEATA; ECHINOCYTHEREIS; FORAMINIFERA; KRITHE; MIRABILIS; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA; OSTRACODA; POLYCOPE; PTERYGOCYTHEREIS; TURBOROTALITA;

EID: 84956693928     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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