Rapid warming and salinity changes of Cretaceous surface waters in the subtropical north Atlantic

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-206

  Wagner, Thomas ^a   Herrle, Jens O ^b   Damsté, Jaap S Sinninghe ^c   Schouten, Stefan ^c   Stüsser, Isabel ^d   Hofmann, Peter ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interactions; Biogeochemical cycling; Biomarkers; Oceanic anoxic events; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; ISOTOPES; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BLAKE NOSE; BLAKE PLATEAU;

ALGAE;

EID: 43649096212     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24523A.1     Document Type: Article

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