Changes in calcareous nannofossil assemblages during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum: Clues from the central-western Tethys (Alano section, NE Italy)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 22-31

  Toffanin, Federica ^a   Agnini, Claudia ^a   Fornaciari, Eliana ^a   Rio, Domenico ^a   Giusberti, Luca ^a   Luciani, Valeria ^b   Spofforth, David J A ^c   Pälike, Heiko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c Neftex Petroleum Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum; Paleoclimate; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY; TETHYS;

SPHENOLITHUS;

EID: 80051495821     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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