Calcareous nannofossil and δ 13C records from the early Cretaceous of the Western Atlantic Ocean: Evidence for enhanced fertilization across the Berriasian-Valanginian transition

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 821-832

  Bornemann, André ^a   Mutterlose, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELEMNITE; BERRIASIAN; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAUTERIVIAN; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; UPWELLING; VALANGINIAN; VOLCANISM;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); BRAZIL; ETENDEKA; NAMIBIA; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 58149526860     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-076r     Document Type: Article

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