Perturbation of a Tethyan coastal environment during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum in Tunisia (Sidi Nasseur and Wadi Mezaz)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-92

  Stassen, Peter ^a   Dupuis, Christian ^b   Steurbaut, Etienne ^a,c   Yans, Johan ^d   Speijer, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Dysoxia; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum; Paleoenvironment; Sea level; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOFACIES; HYPSITHERMAL; LIMESTONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERTURBATION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHALE; SHALLOW WATER; TRANSGRESSION;

TUNISIA;

ACARININA; BULIMINA; FORAMINIFERA; FRONDICULARIA; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES; LAGENIDAE; LENTICULINA; STAINFORTHIA;

EID: 84856576344     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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