Identification of dissolution patterns in nannofossil assemblages: A high-resolution comparison of synchronous records from Ceara Rise, ODP Leg 154

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Gibbs, Samantha J ^a   Shackleton, Nicholas J ^a   Young, Jeremy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Ceara Rise; Central Atlantic; Dissolution; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NANOPLANKTON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CEARA RISE;

EID: 18344413481     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000958     Document Type: Article

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