New evidence for subtropical warming during the late Paleocene thermal maximum: Stable isotopes from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 527, Walvis Ridge

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 561-570

  Thomas, Deborah J ^a   Bralower, Timothy J ^a   Zachos, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; GLOBAL WARMING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; WALVIS RIDGE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0033388147     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999PA900031     Document Type: Article

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