Calcareous nannofossil evidence for the existence of the Gulf Stream during the late Maastrichtian

Paleoceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Watkins, David K ^a   Self Trail, Jean M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAASTRICHTIAN; NANOFOSSIL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27744551593     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001121     Document Type: Article

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