Biogeography of Neogene calcareous nannofossils in the Caribbean and the eastern equatorial Pacific - Floral response to the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 201-218

  Kameo, K ^a   Sato, T ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Caribbean Sea; Eastern equatorial Pacific; Isthmus of Panama; Nannofossils; Neogene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TROPICS; WATER FLOW;

NANNOFOSSIL; NEOGENE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033918838     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(00)00021-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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