Increased thermohaline stratification as a possible cause for an ocean anoxic event in the cretaceous period

Nature

Volumn 409, Issue 6818, 2001, Pages 325-327

  Erbacher, Jochen ^a   Huber, Brian T ^b   Norris, Richard D ^c   Markey, Molly ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CRETACEOUS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

ANOXIA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLANKTON;

EID: 0035905763     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35053041     Document Type: Article

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