Contribution of changes in opal productivity and nutrient distribution in the coastal upwelling systems to Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene climate cooling
The global Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene cooling (~3.0–2.0 million years ago – Ma) concurred with extremely high diatom and biogenic opal production in most of the major coastal upwelling regions. This phenomenon was particularly pronounced in the Benguela upwelling system (BUS), off Namibia, wher...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Climate of the Past |
| Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/8/1435/2012/cp-8-1435-2012.pdf |