Early Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils from high latitudes: Implications for palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimate

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 347-372

  Mutterlose, Jörg ^a   Kessels, Kai ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. salebrosum; Calcareous nannofossils; Early Cretaceous; High latitudes; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS ALGA; CRETACEOUS; NANNOFOSSIL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE;

BARENTS SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ALGAE; BISCUTUM CONSTANS; CRUCIHISCUTUM; WATZNAUERIA; WATZNAUERIA BARNESAE;

EID: 0034662324     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00082-1     Document Type: Article

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