Paleogene tropical Pacific: Clues to circulation, productivity, and plate motion

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Moore, Jr ^a   Backman, Jan ^b   Raffi, Isabella ^c   Nigrini, Catherine ^a   Sanfilippo, Annika ^d   Pälike, Heiko ^c   Lyle, Mitchell ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Equatorial Pacific; Ocean Drilling Project

Indexed keywords

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGENE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLATE MOTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); WORLD;

HAWAIIA;

EID: 11144281394     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000998     Document Type: Article

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