Latest Paleocene benthic extinction event on the southern Tethyan shelf (Egypt): Foraminiferal stable isotopic (δ13C, δ18O) records

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-350

  Schmitz, B ^a   Speijer, R P ^a   Aubry, M P ^b  

^a Earth Science Center   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LONG LASTING; LONG TERM CHANGE; NEGATIVE SHIFT; SHORT DURATIONS; SOURCE REGION; BOTTOM WATER; EGYPTIANS; SEA FLOOR;

SALINE WATER;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; EXTINCTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS EXTINCTION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCENE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY;

EGYPT;

EID: 0029749609     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0347:LPBEEO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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