Planktic foraminifera from the mid-Cretaceous (Barremian-Early Albian) of the North Sea Basin: Palaeoecological and palaeoceanographic implications

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-102

  Ruckheim S ^a   Bornemann, A ^a   Mutterlose, J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Central North Sea Basin; Early Cretaceous; Foraminifera; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOINDICATOR; CRETACEOUS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; HEDBERGELLIDAE;

EID: 29244486197     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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