Deep-Sea environments across the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in the eastern South Atlantic Ocean (ODP Leg 208, Walvis Ridge)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Alegret, Laia ^a   Thomas, Ellen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; K Pg boundary; ODP Leg 208; paleoenvironment; productivity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL ZONE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CRETACEOUS; DANIAN; DEEP SEA; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); WALVIS RIDGE; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

FORAMINIFERA; SPIROPLECTAMMINA;

EID: 34249303066     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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