Southward shifting of the Tasman Front at 4.4 Ma (early Pliocene): paleobiogeographic and oxygen isotopic evidence

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-106

  Wei, Kuo Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; THERMAL BOUNDARY;

PACIFIC; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 13144257682     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(97)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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