Calcareous nannofossil assemblage changes across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from a shelf setting

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-80

  Self Trail, Jean M ^a   Powars, David S ^a   Watkins, David K ^b   Wandless, Gregory A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PH; RUNOFF; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TURNOVER;

BIDENS; CALCIDISCUS; CHIASMOLITHUS; COCCOLITHUS; CORONOCYCLUS; DISCOASTER ANARTIOS; RHOMBOASTER; TOWEIUS;

EID: 84862656035     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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