Constraints on ocean acidification associated with rapid and massive carbon injections: The early Paleogene record at ocean drilling program site 1215, equatorial Pacific Ocean

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 298, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 409-420

  Leon Rodriguez, Lizette ^a   Dickens, Gerald R ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcite compensation depth; Carbon; Eocene; Hyperthermal; Lysocline; Ocean acidification; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALCITE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; DISSOLUTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; NANOFOSSIL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOGENE; PERTURBATION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 78649803900     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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