Latest Eocene-Early Oligocene climate change and Southern Ocean fertility: Inferences from sediment accumulation and stable isotope data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 61-77

  Salamy, Karen A ^a,b   Zachos, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Indian Ocean; Oligocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; TERTIARY;

EID: 0032953917     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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