Paleotemperature and paleosalinity inferences and chemostratigraphy across the Aptian/Albian boundary in the subtropical North Atlantic

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Huber, Brian T ^a   MacLeod, Kenneth G ^b   Gröcke, Darren R ^c   Kucera, Michal ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPORATION; EXTINCTION; FRACTIONATION; HIATUS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84855289575     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011PA002178     Document Type: Article

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