Suitability of stable oxygen and carbon isotopes of calcareous dinoflagellate cysts for paleoclimatic studies: Evidence from the Campanian/Maastrichtian cooling phase

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 456-469

  Friedrich, Oliver ^a   Meier, K J Sebastian ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous dinoflagellate cysts; Campanian; Maastrichtian; Ocean drilling program; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP WATER; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; MAASTRICHTIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

CALCISPHAERULIDAE; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; PIRUMELLA KRASHENINNIKOVII;

EID: 33750029053     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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