Preservation and organic chemistry of Late Cenozoic organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts: A review

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 179-197

  Zonneveld, Karin A F ^a   Versteegh, Gerard ^b   Kodrans Nsiah, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

diagenesis; dinoflagellate cyst; macromolecular chemistry; ocean ventilation; proxy; selective preservation

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DIAGENESIS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; MESOZOIC; PRESERVATION; SURVIVAL; TAPHONOMY; VENTILATION;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 47849132764     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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