USE OF DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS TO DETERMINE CHANGING QUATERNARY SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA

Authors
MCMINN A WELLS P
Citation
A. Mcminn et P. Wells, USE OF DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS TO DETERMINE CHANGING QUATERNARY SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA, Marine micropaleontology, 29(3-4), 1997, pp. 407-422
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Paleontology
Journal title
Marine micropaleontology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03778398
Volume
29
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
407 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-8398(1997)29:3-4<407:UODCTD>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Cluster analysis and principal component analysis of dinoflagellate cy st assemblage data from two cores, SO36-7 and V18-222, oft. southern A ustralia clearly separate glacial from interglacial environments. Howe ver, those species causing much of the differentiation respond differe ntly to changing sea-surface temperature in the two cores. This varyin g response emphasises the complexity of dinoflagellate interactions wi th the environment and underlines the need for caution in interpretati on, particularly with sea-surface temperature.