A multi-proxy geochemical investigation of the early Paleocene (Danian) continental palaeoclimate at the Fontllonga-3 site (South Central Pyrenees, Spain)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 71-85

  Domingo, Laura ^a   López Martínez, Nieves ^a   Soler Gijón, Rodrigo ^a,b   Grimes, Stephen T ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apatite; Barium calcium palaeothermometer; Estuarine; Fontllonga 3; Oxygen and carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DANIAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; OSTRACOD; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

CHARALES; GASTROPODA; LEPISOSTEIDAE; OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES; OSTRACODA;

EID: 36048966364     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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