Environmental change across the Paleocene-Eocene transition from eastern New Zealand: A marine palynological approach

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 138-160

  Crouch, Erica M ^a   Brinkhuis, Henk ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate cyst; Early Eocene; Environmental change; Initial Eocene thermal maximum; Late Paleocene; New Zealand; Palynology; Pollen; Spore

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

APECTODINIUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYPA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 22244473375     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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