Benthic foraminifera as indicators of changing Mediterranean-Atlantic water exchange in the late Miocene

Marine Geology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 387-407

  Seidenkrantz, M S ^a   Kouwenhoven, T J ^b   Jorissen, F J ^c   Shackleton, N J ^d   Van Der Zwaan, G J ^b,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Mediterranean Sea; Messinian Salinity Crisis; Paleoecology; Stable isotopes; Upper Miocene

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOINDICATOR; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034652608     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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