Early Maastrichtian carbon cycle perturbation and cooling event: Implications from the South Atlantic Ocean

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Friedrich, Oliver ^a,b   Herrle, Jens O ^c,d,e   Wilson, Paul A ^a,b   Cooper, Matthew J ^b,d   Erbacher, Jochen ^e   Hemleben, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBONATE; FORAMINIFERA; MAASTRICHTIAN; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 70249116466     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001654     Document Type: Article

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