A re-assessment of age dating of fossiliferous limestones in eastern Sabah, Borneo: Implications for understanding the origins of the Indo-Pacific marine biodiversity hotspot

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 28-42

  McMonagle, Laura B ^a,b   Lunt, Peter ^c   Wilson, Moyra E J ^d   Johnson, Kenneth G ^b   Manning, Christina ^e   Young, Jeremy ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Mitra Energy Limited   (Malaysia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corals; Dating; Foraminifera; Indo Pacific Centre of Marine Biodiversity; Miocene; Nannofossils; Oligocene; SE Asia; Strontium isotope stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CORAL; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSILIZATION; HOT SPOT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; NANOFOSSIL; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MALAYSIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SABAH;

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79955471589     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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