Calcareous nannofossils from eastbourne (southeastern england) and the paleoceanography of the cenomanian-turonian boundary interval

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 298-313

  Linnert, Christian ^a   Mutterlose, Jörg ^a   Mortimore, Rory ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON CYCLE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MESOZOIC; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PRESERVATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN;

EAST SUSSEX; EASTBOURNE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BISCUTUM; POLYCYCLOLITHACEAE; WATZNAUERIA; ZEUGRHABDOTUS;

EID: 79955866686     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-130r     Document Type: Article

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