Coccolithophore size rules - Reconstructing ancient cell geometry and cellular calcite quota from fossil coccoliths

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 143-154

  Henderiks, Jorijntje ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcite production; Cenozoic; Coccolith biometry; Haptophyte cell size; Paleoceanographic proxies

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMETRY; CALCITE; CENOZOIC; COCCOLITH; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DOMINANCE; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHELL; SIZE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALGAE; COCCOLITHUS; COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FORAMINIFERA; GEPHYROCAPSA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; RETICULOFENESTRA;

EID: 40849087610     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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