Planktonic foraminiferal turnover, diversity fluctuations and geochemical signals across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary in Tanzania

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 244-255

  Wade, Bridget S ^a,b   Pearson, Paul N ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Eocene Oligocene boundary; Extinction; Planktonic foraminifera; Stable isotopes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EXTINCTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

FORAMINIFERA; HANTKENINIDAE; PSEUDOHASTIGERINA; TURBOROTALIA; TURBOROTALIA CERROAZULENSIS;

EID: 49149118691     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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