A review of calcareous nannofossil changes during the early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a and the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: The influence of fertility, temperature, and pCO 2

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 424, Issue , 2007, Pages 87-96

  Tremolada, Fabrizio ^a   Erba, Elisabetta ^b   Bralower, Timothy J ^c  

^a RPS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Carbon dioxide; Nutrient availability; Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a; Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC WATER; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NUTRIENTS; TEMPERATURE;

CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL; CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS; ENHANCED DISSOLUTIONS; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS;

SURFACE WATERS;

ABUNDANCE; APTIAN; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; FERTILITY; GLOBAL OCEAN; HYPSITHERMAL; NANOFOSSIL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

EID: 59049087702     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2424(05)     Document Type: Article

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