The evolutionary history of size variation of planktic foraminiferal assemblages in the Cenozoic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 159-180

  Schmidt, Daniela N ^a,b   Thierstein, Hans R ^a   Bollmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Climate change; Evolution; Paleoceanography; Planktic foraminifers

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 4444285470     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00312-8     Document Type: Article

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