Foraminiferal Mg/Ca evidence for Southern Ocean cooling across the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 251-261

  Bohaty, Steven M ^a   Zachos, James C ^a   Delaney, Margaret L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Foraminifera; Mg Ca; Ocean Drilling Program; Oligocene; Southern Ocean; Stable oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FORAMINIFERA; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OLIGOCENE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM; COOLING; DEEP WATER; EOCENE; ICE SHEET; MAGNESIUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMOCLINE;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84455167475     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.037     Document Type: Article

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