Tropical sea-surface temperature reconstruction for the early Paleogene using Mg/Ca ratios of planktonic foraminifera

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Tripati, Aradhna ^a   Delaney, Margaret L ^b   Zachos, James C ^b   Anderson, Linda D ^b   Kelly, Daniel C ^c   Elderfield, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Paleogene; Mg Ca; Morozovella; Ocean Drilling Program Site 865; Planktonic foraminifera; Tropical sea surface temperatures

Indexed keywords

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGENE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 1642269941     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000937     Document Type: Article

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