The calcareous nannofossil response to the end-Cretaceous warm event in the Tropical Pacific

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 291, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 239-252

  Thibault, Nicolas ^a   Gardin, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Deccan; Late maastrichtian; Shatsky Rise; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; DEGASSING; MAASTRICHTIAN; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANISM;

NORTH DAKOTA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SHATSKY RISE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BISCUTUM CONSTANS; FORAMINIFERA; MICULA;

EID: 77955276982     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.036     Document Type: Article

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