Paleoceanographic significance of Late Paleocene dysaerobia at the shelf/slope break around New Zealand

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 51-70

  Killops, S D ^a   Hollis, C J ^a   Morgans, H E G ^a   Sutherland, R ^a   Field, B D ^a   Leckie, D A ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black shale; C 13 C 12; New Zealand; Oceanic circulation; Steranes; Upper Paleocene

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; SEDIMENTATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033951547     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00131-5     Document Type: Article

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