Oceanographic and climatic evolution of the Miocene Mediterranean deduced from Nd, Sr, C, and O isotope compositions of marine fossils and sediments

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kocsis, L ^a   Vennemann, T W ^a   Fontignie, D ^b   Baumgartner, C ^a   Montanari, A ^c   Jelen, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL; GLOBAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOIC; MIOCENE; NEODYMIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; PARATETHYS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; TECTONICS; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIAN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; PARATETHYS;

EID: 62149142103     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001540     Document Type: Article

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