High-resolution (104 years) deep-sea foraminiferal stable isotope records of the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-266

  Zachos, James C ^a   Quinn, Terrence M ^b   Salamy, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER;

CARBON; EOCENE; FORAMINIFERA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN; PALAEOCLIMATE;

ANGOLA; CLIMATE; COOLING; DEEP SEA; EOCENE; FORAMINIFER; INDIAN OCEAN; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RUPELIAN; UPPER EOCENE;

ATLANTIC, ANGOLA BASIN, DSDP SITE 522; INDIAN OCEAN, KERGUELEN PLATEAU, ODP SITE 744;

EID: 0029810769     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA00571     Document Type: Article

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