Climatic changes in the late campanian - Early maastrichtian: Micropaleontological and stable isotopic evidence from an epicontinental sea

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-247

  Friedrich, Oliver ^a,c   Herrle, Jens O ^a,b   Hemleben, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE;

HETEROHELIX GLOBULOSA;

EID: 23744443089     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/35.3.228     Document Type: Article

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