Early Cretaceous (Valanginian - Hauterivian) calcareous nannofossils and isotopes of the northern hemisphere: Proxies for the understanding of Cretaceous climate

Lethaia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-172

  Kessels, Kai ^a   Mutterlose, Jörg ^a   Michalzik, Dieter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Cooling phase; Cretaceous; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoecology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CLIMATOLOGY; CRETACEOUS; NANOFOSSIL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); NORTH SEA;

BISCUTUM; BISCUTUM CONSTANS; CRUCIBISCUTUM SALEBROSUM; WATZNAUERIA; ZEUGRHABDOTUS;

EID: 33745073029     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160600763925     Document Type: Article

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