Effects of the Oligocene climatic events on the foraminiferal record from Fuente Caldera section (Spain, western Tethys)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 94-102

  Alegret, L ^a   Cruz, L E ^a,b   Fenero, R ^a   Molina, E ^a   Ortiz, S ^a,c   Thomas, E ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Climate; Foraminifera; Oligocene; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALDERA; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUCCESSION; TETHYS; WARMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 53849133058     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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