The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary event in Ecuador: Reduced biotic effects due to eastern boundary current setting

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 97-133

  Keller, Gerta ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^b   Hollis, Chris ^c   Ordóñez, Martha ^d   Zambrano, Italo ^d   Jiménez, Nelson ^d   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^e   Aleman, Antinor ^f   Hale Erlich, Wendy ^f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d Labogeo Petroproduccion   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^f BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecuador; K F; Reduced biotic effects

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; FORAMINIFERA; NUTRIENT FLUX; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENTS; RADIOLARIA; REDUCED BIOTIC EFFECTS; UPWELLING;

ECUADOR, GUAYAQUIL;

FORAMINIFERA; PARVULARUGOGLOBIGERINA; PARVULARUGOGLOBIGERINA EUGUBINA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 0030876211     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(96)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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