Campanian - Maastrichtian carbon isotope stratigraphy: Shelf-ocean correlation between the European shelf sea and the tropical Pacific Ocean

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-72

  Voigt, Silke ^a,b   Friedrich, Oliver ^a,c   Norris, Richard D ^d   Schönfeld, Joachim ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Campanian; Carbon isotope stratigraphy; Correlation; Late Cretaceous climate; Maastrichtian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MAASTRICHTIAN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 78650954983     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2010/0004     Document Type: Article

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