Late Eocene to Oligocene preservation history and biochronology of calcareous nannofossils from paleo-equatorlal Pacific Ocean sediments

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-85

  Blaj, Teodora ^a   Backman, Jan ^a   Raffi, Isabella ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astronomical time scale; Biochronology; Calcareous nannofossils; Late Eocene; ODP site 1218; Oligocene; Paleo equatorial Pacific Ocean; Preservation

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOCHRONOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CARBONATE; EOCENE; HISTORY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NANOFOSSIL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OLIGOCENE; PRESERVATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; DISCOASTER; ERICSONIA; RETICULOFENESTRA; SPHENOLITHUS; TRIQUETRORHABDULUS;

EID: 65349122938     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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