The Apectodinium acme and terrestrial discharge during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: New palynological, geochemical and calcareous nannoplankton observations at Tawanui, New Zealand

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-403

  Crouch, Erica M ^a,b   Dickens, Gerald R ^c,d   Brinkhuis, Henk ^a   Aubry, Marie Pierre ^e   Hollis, Christopher J ^b   Rogers, Karyne M ^b   Visscher, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apectodinium; Calcareous nannoplankton; Dinoflagellate cyst; Geochemistry; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum; Terrigenous delivery

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; EOCENE; GEOCHEMISTRY; NANOPLANKTON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAWANUI;

APECTODINIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; GLAPHYROCYSTA;

EID: 0038273871     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00334-1     Document Type: Article

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