Glacioeustasy during the middle Eocene? Insights from the stratigraphy of the Hampshire Basin, UK

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 84-100

  Dawber, Caroline F ^a   Tripati, Aradhna K ^a,b,c   Gale, Andrew S ^d   MacNiocaill, Conall ^e   Hesselbo, Stephen P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barton Clay Formation; Bartonian; Glaicoeustasy; Hampshire Basin; Middle Eocene; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIOEUSTACY; GRAIN SIZE; LUTETIAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER DEPTH;

ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE BASIN; ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BARTONIA;

EID: 79551493666     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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