Foraminiferal response to seasonality modulated by orbital cycles in the Cretaceous mid-latitudes: The Albian record from the Lower Saxony Basin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 148-159

  Tyszka, Jarosław ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Foraminifera; Greenhouse climate; Milankovitch cyclicity; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; CLIMATE EFFECT; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; LABORATORY METHOD; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; SEASONALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY BASIN; NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA; GYROIDINOIDES; HEDBERGELLIDAE; VALVULINERIA;

EID: 64949083542     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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