Food supply to the seafloor in the Pacific Ocean after the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary event

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 105-116

  Alegret, L ^a   Thomas, E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic foraminifera; Cretaceous Paleogene transition; food supply; Pacific; seafloor

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIODIVERSITY; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FOOD SUPPLY; MASS EXTINCTION; NANOPLANKTON; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; NUTTALLIDES TRUEMPYI;

EID: 70349126666     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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