The Eocene-Oligocene transition: Changes in sea level, temperature or both?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 335-336, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-83

  Houben, Alexander J P ^a   van Mourik, Caroline A ^b   Montanari, Alessandro ^c   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^d   Brinkhuis, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eocene Oligocene transition; Organic walled dinoflagellate cysts; Sea level; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; DEEP SEA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLACIATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA; ITALY;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84861476252     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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