Calcareous nannoplankton response to late Albian oceanic anoxic event 1d in the western North Atlantic

Paleoceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Watkins, David K ^a   Cooper, Matthew J ^b   Wilson, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; NANOFOSSIL; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EIFFELLITHUS;

EID: 26244436264     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001097     Document Type: Article

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