Planktic foraminiferal turnover across the Paleocene-Eocene transition at DSDP Site 401, Bay of Biscay, North Atlantic

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-158

  Pardo, Alfonso ^a,b   Keller, Gerta ^a   Molina, Eustoquio ^b   Canudo, José I ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; biostratigraphy; DSDP Site 401; Paleocene Eocene; paleoecology; planktic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; FAUNAL TURNOVER; PALAEOCENE; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLANKONTIC ASSEMBLAGE;

ATLANTIC, BAY OF BISCAY, DSDP SITE 401;

EID: 0030620769     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(96)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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