Planktonic foraminiferal oxygen isotope analysis by ion microprobe technique suggests warm tropical sea surface temperatures during the Early Paleogene

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kozdon, Reinhard ^a   Kelly, D Clay ^a   Kita, Noriko T ^a   Fournelle, John H ^a   Valley, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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BASAL AREA; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL REGION;

MOROZOVELLA;

EID: 79961106228     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010PA002056     Document Type: Article

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