Middle Miocene oxygen minimum zone expansion offshore West Africa: Evidence for global cooling precursor events

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 699-702

  Kender, S ^a   Peck, V L ^b   Jones, R W ^c   Kaminski, M A ^d  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BP ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGES; COLUMBIA RIVER FLOOD BASALTS; GLOBAL COOLING; MARINE CARBONATES; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NORTH AFRICA; OFFSHORE WINDS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; POLAR FRONT; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; WEST AFRICA;

BASALT; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; OCEAN HABITATS; OXYGEN; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; DISSOLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PALEOCLIMATE; POLAR FRONT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONGO FAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 69649087202     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30070A.1     Document Type: Article

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