Timing and magnitude of early Aptian extreme warming: Unraveling primary δ18O variation in indurated pelagic carbonates at Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 463, central Pacific Ocean

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 463-476

  Ando, Atsushi ^a,b   Kaiho, Kunio ^a   Kawahata, Hodaka ^c,d   Kakegawa, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aptian; Cretaceous; Limestone; Pacific Ocean; Paleotemperature; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; TOARCIAN; WARMING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 41149138016     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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