The Aptian - Albian cold snap: Evidence for "mid" Cretaceous icehouse interludes

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-225

  Mutterlose, Jörg ^a   Bornemann, André ^b   Jens, Herrle ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cooling; Late aptian Early albian; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; COLD WAVE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NANOFOSSIL; NEW TAXON; PALEOLATITUDE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRUCIBISCUTUM SALEBROSUM;

EID: 77951432351     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0252-0217     Document Type: Article

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