The origin of modern oceanic foraminiferal faunas and Neogene climate change

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 409-425

  Kucera, Michal ^a   Schonfeld J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; NEOGENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 38349091077     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/tms002.18     Document Type: Article

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