Timing and nature of the deepening of the Tasmanian Gateway

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Stickley, Catherine E ^a   Brinkhuis, Henk ^b   Schellenberg, Stephen A ^c   Sluijs, Appy ^b   Röhl, Ursula ^d   Fuller, Michael ^e   Grauert, Marianne ^f   Huber, Matthew ^g   Warnaar, Jeroen ^b   Williams, Graham L ^h  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms and dinoflagellate cysts; Eocene; Oligocene transition; Tasmanian Gateway

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 20144389167     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001022     Document Type: Article

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