Post-sampling dissolution and the consistency of nannofossil diversity measures: A case study from freshly cored sediments of coastal Tanzania

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 254-268

  Dunkley Jones, Tom ^a   Bown, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Dissolution; Diversity; Pyrite oxidation; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLAY MINERAL; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GYPSUM; NANOFOSSIL; OXIDATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PYRITE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

RETICULOFENESTRA;

EID: 33847313246     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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