Isotopic evidence for Early to mid-Cretaceous ocean temperature variability

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 45-58

  Price, G D ^a   Hart, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early to mid Cretaceous; Foraminifera; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALBIA; FORAMINIFERA; HEDBERGELLA;

EID: 0036742585     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(02)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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