The first Pacific record of the Late Aptian warming event

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 333-339

  Takashima, Reishi ^a   Sano, Shin Ichi ^b   Iba, Yasuhiro ^c   Nishi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Katsuyama   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PALEOCLIMATE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33947412288     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-006     Document Type: Article

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