Late Barremian to early Aptian calcareous nannofossil paleoceanography and paleoecology from the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 641C (Galicia Margin)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 887-897

  Tremolada, Fabrizio ^a   Erba, Elisabetta ^b   Bralower, Timothy J ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barremian Aptian interval; Calcareous nannofossils; Paleoecology; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APTIAN; BARREMIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NANOFOSSIL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

BISCUTUM CONSTANS; DISCORHABDUS; NANNOCONUS; WATZNAUERIA;

EID: 33751116126     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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