Paleocene to early eocene paleoceanography of the middle east: The δ13C and δ18O isotopes from foraminiferal calcite

Paleoceanography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-118

  Charisi, Stella D ^a   Schmitz, Birger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; SURFACE WATER FORMATION; TETHYS; UPWELLING;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0031837788     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97PA02585     Document Type: Article

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