Calcareous nannofossils of the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary interval from the Boreal Realm (Wunstorf, northwest Germany)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 38-58

  Linnert, Christian ^a   Mutterlose, Jörg ^a   Erbacher, Jochen ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Calcareous nannofossils; Cenomanian Turonian boundary interval (CTBI); Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2); Palaeoceanography; Palaeoproductivity; Wunstorf Drilling Project

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BLACK SHALE; CALCIFICATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DINOFLAGELLATE; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOIC; NANOFOSSIL; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PERTURBATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WARMING;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; WUNSTORF;

BISCUTUM; DINOPHYCEAE; EIFFELLITHUS; LITHRAPHIDITES; WATZNAUERIA; ZEUGRHABDOTUS;

EID: 74449086857     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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