Trends in Caribbean Paleoproductivity related to the Neogene closure of the Central American Seaway

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-74

  Jain, Sreepat ^a   Collins, Laurel S ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Caribbean; Central American Seaway; Late Neogene; Paleoproductivity

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CURRENT VELOCITY; DISSOLUTION; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLIOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

FORAMINIFERA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33947612135     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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