Preservation of benthic foraminifera and reliability of deep-sea temperature records: Importance of sedimentation rates, lithology, and the need to examine test wall structure

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sexton, Philip F ^a,b,c   Wilson, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CALCITE; CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA; DIAGENESIS; LITHOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRESERVATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TAPHONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 70349479412     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001650     Document Type: Article

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