Coccolith Sr/Ca records of productivity during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum from the Weddell Sea

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Stoll, Heather M ^a   Bains, Santo ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Coccolith; Paleocene; PETM; Productivity; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COCCOLITH; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLANKTON;

WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE; CHIASMOLITHUS; DISCOASTER; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0142058814     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002pa000875     Document Type: Article

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