Nannofossil assemblage fluctuations during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Sites 213 (Indian Ocean) and 401 (North Atlantic Ocean): Palaeoceanographic implications

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 107-116

  Tremolada, Fabrizio ^a,b   Bralower, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calcareous nannofossils; gas hydrates; Paleocene Eocene; primary productivity; quantitative analyses

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY;

ARANEUS; CHIASMOLITHUS; DISCOASTER;

EID: 4143143103     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2004.04.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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