Eocene-Oligocene paleoceanographic changes in the stratotype section, Massignano, Italy: Clues from rock magnetism and stable isotopes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Jovane, Luigi ^a   Sprovieri, Mario ^b   Florindo, Fabio ^a   Acton, Gary ^c   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^d   Dall'Antonia, Barbara ^e   Dinarès Turell, Jaume ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATOTYPE;

ASCOLI PICENO; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MARCHE; MASSIGNANO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 38349173792     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB004963     Document Type: Article

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