Foraminiferal dissolution at shallow depths of the Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise during the latest cretaceous: Inferences for deep-water circulation in the South Atlantic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 195-212

  Kucera, M ^a   Malmgren, B A ^a   Sturesson, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcite; Cretaceous; Foraminifera; Solution; South Atlantic; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DISSOLUTION; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC, RIO GRAND RISE, DSDP SITE 516; ATLANTIC, WALVIS RIDGE, ODP SITE 525; ATLANTIC, WALVIS RIDGE, ODP SITE 527;

EID: 0030620971     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00133-2     Document Type: Article

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