Paleoenvironmental controls on the morphology and abundance of the coccolith Watznaueria britannica (Late Jurassic, southern Germany)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-225

  Giraud, Fabienne ^a   Pittet, Bernard ^a   Mattioli, Emanuela ^a   Audouin, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

biometry; calcareous nannofossils; Late Jurassic; paleoecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; JURASSIC; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLARIZATION;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SWABIAN ALB;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; WATZNAUERIA BRITANNICA;

EID: 33746242238     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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