Changes in Northeast Atlantic temperature and carbon flux during the Cenomanian/Turonian paleoceanographic event: The Goban Spur stable isotope record

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 51-66

  Gustafsson, M ^a   Holbourn, A ^a   Kuhnt, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Cenomanian Turonian boundary; Foraminifer; NE Atlantic; Paleotemperature; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CARBON FLUX; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0345447140     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00509-1     Document Type: Article

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