Ecological and evolutionary response of Tethyan planktonic foraminifera to the middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) from the Alano section (NE Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 82-95

  Luciani, Valeria ^a   Giusberti, Luca ^b   Agnini, Claudia ^b   Fornaciari, Eliana ^b   Rio, Domenico ^b   Spofforth, David J A ^c   Pälike, Heiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Italy; Middle eocene climatic optimum; Paleoecology; Planktonic foraminifera; Southern Alps

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EOCENE; EUTROPHICATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPSITHERMAL; ICE SHEET; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PERTURBATION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STABLE ISOTOPE; TETHYS; WARMING;

ALPS; ANTARCTICA; ITALY;

CHILOGUEMBELINA; FORAMINIFERA; PSEUDOHASTIGERINA;

EID: 77956067768     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.029     Document Type: Article

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