Cenozoic deep-sea benthic foraminifers: Tracers for changes in oceanic productivity?

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-358

  Thomas, Ellen ^a,b   Gooday, Andrew J ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERS; CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET; FAUNAL CHANGE; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; LATE EOCENE; PHYTODETRITUS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRACER; CAINOZOIC; DEEP SEA ENVIRONMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRODUCTIVITY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0029729686     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0355:CDSBFT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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