Taxonomy and stable isotope paleoecology of well-preserved planktonic foraminifera from the uppermost Oligocene of Trinidad

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-217

  Pearson, Paul N ^a   Wade, Bridget S ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUST; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIOCENE; MIXED LAYER; OLIGOCENE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPEN OCEAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PRESERVATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE INVESTIGATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; THERMOCLINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; TRINDADE;

CASSIGERINELLA CHIPOLENSIS; CATAPSYDRAX DISSIMILIS; DENTOGLOBIGERINA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA; GLOBIGERINITA; PARAGLOBOROTALIA; TENUITELLA;

EID: 70349422418     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.39.3.191     Document Type: Article

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