Late Albian paleoceanography of the western subtropical North Atlantic

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Petrizzo, Maria Rose ^a   Huber, Brian T ^b   Wilson, Paul A ^c   MacLeod, Kenneth G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BATHYAL ZONE; BENTHOS; BLACK SHALE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; FORAMINIFERA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 45449104459     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001517     Document Type: Article

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