An ocean modeling study of the Cenomanian Atlantic: Equatorial paleo-upwelling, organic-rich sediments and the consequences for a connection between the proto-North and South Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-226

  Handoh, Itsuki C ^a   Bigg, Grant R ^a   Jones, E John W ^b   Inoue, Masamichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; FRACTURE ZONE; ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENT; REDUCED GRAVITY; REDUCED-GRAVITY MODEL; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SOUTH ATLANTIC;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EID: 0033556605     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900265     Document Type: Article

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