Response of Antarctic (ODP Site 690) planktonic foraminifera to the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: Faunal evidence for ocean/climate change

Paleoceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 23-1-23-13

  Kelly, D Clay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate sedimentation; Global warming; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum; Planktonic foraminifera; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ACARININA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0141948569     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002pa000761     Document Type: Article

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