The role of sea-surface temperature as a control on carbonate platform development in the western Coral Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 247-272

  Isern, A R ^a,b   McKenzie, J A ^a   Feary, D A ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; ZANCLEA;

CAINOZOIC; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

CORAL SEA;

EID: 0030222655     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(96)80502-5     Document Type: Article

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