Nannoplankton origination events and environmental changes in the late Paleocene and early Eocene

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Kalb, Andrea L ^a   Bralower, Timothy J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Nannoplankton; Origination; Paleocene; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; NANOPLANKTON; NEW SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION; WARM WATER;

FASCICULITHUS; ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS;

EID: 84861330066     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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