Foraminiferal assemblage and stable isotopic change across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in the Subtropical North Atlantic

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 392-417

  Huber, Brian T ^a   Leckie, R Mark ^b   Norris, Richard D ^c   Bralower, Timothy J ^d   CoBabe, Emily ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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