Calcareous nannofossil fluctuations during the late Hauterivian in the Cismon core (Venetian Alps, northeastern Italy) and in selected sections of the Umbria-Marche Basin (central Italy): paleoceanographic implications of the Faraoni Level

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 505-514

  Tremolada, Fabrizio ^a   Erba, Elisabetta ^b   De Bernardi, Bianca ^b   Cecca, Fabrizio ^c  

^a RPS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Faraoni Level; Hauterivian; Relative and absolute abundances

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BLACK SHALE; CALCAREOUS ALGA; HAUTERIVIAN; NANOFOSSIL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

AMMONOIDEA; RUCINOLITHUS;

EID: 64549130743     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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