Late Paleocene-early Eocene Tethyan carbonate platform evolution - A response to long- and short-term paleoclimatic change

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 71-102

  Scheibner, C ^a   Speijer, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

coralgal reefs; Eocene; larger foraminifera; Paleocene; platform evolution

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CORAL REEF; EUTROPHICATION; EVOLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLATITUDE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALVEOLINA; ANTHOZOA; ASSILINA; FORAMINIFERA; NUMMULITES;

EID: 55249103337     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.07.002     Document Type: Review

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