Microplankton provide 9 Ma age for sediment in the Macquarie Island ophiolite complex

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1119-1125

  Quilty, P G ^a   Crundwell, M P ^b   Wise Jr , S W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolboforms; Foraminifers; Macquarie Island; Miocene; Nannoplankton; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

AGE; FLORA; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPLANKTON; MIOCENE; NANOPLANKTON; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BOLBOFORMA; FORAMINIFERA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA; RETICULOFENESTRA;

EID: 56449104040     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090802266584     Document Type: Article

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