Planktic foraminiferal porosity: A water mass proxy for latest Cenomanian paleoceanography, Greenhorn Sea, Western Interior USA and Canada

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 633-651

  Fisher, C ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenomanian; Greenhorn Formation; Mid Cretaceous; Planktic foraminifera; Western Interior Sea

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; POROSITY; WATER MASS;

GREENHORN SEA; NORTH AMERICA;

FORAMINIFERA; HEDBERGELLA;

EID: 0345449054     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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