Palaeoecology of late middle Eocene planktic foraminifera and evolutionary implications

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Sexton, Philip F ^a   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Pearson, Paul N ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eocene; palaeoecology; planktic foraminifera; stable isotopes; taxonomy; wall texture

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; FORAMINIFERA; MORPHOTYPE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; SEASONALITY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE NOSE; BLAKE PLATEAU;

ACARININA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOTURBOROTALITA;

EID: 33746834954     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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