Middle cretaceous reef collapse linked to ocean heat transport

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 376-380

  Johnson, Claudia C ^a,d   Barron, Eric J ^a   Kauffman, Erle G ^b   Arthur, Michael A ^a   Fawcett, Peter J ^a   Yasuda, Memorie K ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; REEFS; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CRETACEOUS TEMPERATURES; DYNAMIC CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE WATERS; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS; MASS EXTINCTION; THERMAL CHANGES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; REEFS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRETACEOUS; HEAT TRANSFER; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; REEF; TROPICAL REGION; MASS EXTINCTION; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0029749440     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0376:MCRCLT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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