Planktic foraminiferal and partial differential13C isotopic changes across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary at Possagno (Italy)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 352-364

  Arenillas, I ^a,c   Molina, E ^a   Schmitz, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Chronostratigraphy; Paleoceanography; Planktic foraminifera; Quantitative analysis; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ITALY;

EID: 0033384402     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050270     Document Type: Article

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