Dinoflagellate-based sea surface temperature reconstructions across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 67-83

  Brinkhuis, H ^a   Bujak, J P ^b   Smit, J ^c   Versteegh, G J M ^d   Visscher, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The Lexis Group   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Dinoflagellate cysts; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031682750     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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