Mid-Miocene paleoproductivity in the Atlantic Ocean and implications for the global carbon cycle

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Diester Haass, Liselotte ^a   Billups, Katharina ^b   Gröcke, Darren R ^c   François, Louis ^d   Lefebvre, Vincent ^e   Emeis, Kay C ^f  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FORAMINIFERA; LIGNITE; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 67649185286     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001605     Document Type: Article

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