Cyclic changes in Turonian to Coniacian planktic foraminiferal assemblages from the tropical Atlantic Ocean

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 299-313

  Friedrich, Oliver ^a,b   Norris, Richard D ^a   Bornemann, André ^c   Beckmann, Britta ^d   Pälike, Heiko ^b   Worstell, Paula ^a   Hofmann, Peter ^d   Wagner, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Cretaceous; Demerara Rise; Ocean Drilling Program; planktic foraminifera; Turonian

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONIACIAN; DEFLECTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TURONIAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

CONIACIAN; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 49049103321     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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