Foraminiferal response to sea level change, organic flux and oxygen deficiency in the Cenomanian of the Tarfaya Basin, southern Morocco

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 133-157

  Gebhardt, Holger ^a   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^a   Holbourn, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cenomanian; correspondence analysis; foraminifera; sea level change; Tarfaya Basin

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPWELLING;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TARFAYA BASIN; WORLD;

BOLIVINA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBULINA; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES; LENTICULINA; SACCAMMINA; TAYLORANA; TROCHAMMINA; VALVULINERIA;

EID: 8444236314     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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