Growth and high-resolution paleoenvironmental signals of rhodoliths (coralline red algae): A new biogenic archive

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C9, 2000, Pages 22107-22116

  Halfar, Jochen ^a,d   Zack, Thomas ^b   Kronz, Andreas ^b   Zachos, James C ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RED ALGA; RHODOLITH; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; LITHOTHAMNIUM; LITHOTHAMNIUM CRASSIUSCULUM; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0033669896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000128     Document Type: Article

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