Shelf and open-ocean calcareous phytoplankton assemblages across the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: Implications for global productivity gradients

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-236

  Gibbs, Samantha J ^a,b   Bralower, Timothy J ^a   Bown, Paul R ^c   Zachos, James C ^d   Bybell, Laurel M ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Paleocene; Paleoproductivity; Plankton

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; EOCENE; OPEN-OCEAN PRODUCTIVITY; PALEOCENE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHERING; CARBON; INFILL DRILLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COOLING; DRAWDOWN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; NANOFOSSIL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OPEN OCEAN; PRODUCTIVITY; WEATHERING;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES; WILSON LAKE [NEW JERSEY];

EID: 33645711936     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22381.1     Document Type: Article

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