Influence of oceanic anoxic events on the evolution of mid-Cretaceous radiolaria in the North Atlantic and western Tethys

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 139-158

  Erbacher, J ^a   Thurow, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; extinction; oceanic anoxic events; radiation; radiolaria

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; FAUNAL RADIATION; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATION; RADIOLARIA; TETHYS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031082143     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(96)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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