Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Maastrichtian) calcareous nannofossils from Goban Spur (DSDP Sites 549, 551): Implications for the palaeoceanography of the proto North Atlantic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 507-514

  Linnert, Christian ^a   Mutterlose, Jörg ^a   Herrle, Jens O ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Calcareous nannofossils; Campanian Maastrichtian boundary; Cenomanian Turonian transition; DSDP Site 549; DSDP Site 551; Late Cretaceous; Palaeoceanography

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAASTRICHTIAN; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GOBAN SPUR;

BISCUTUM; TRANOLITHUS; WATZNAUERIA; ZEUGRHABDOTUS;

EID: 78651103292     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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