Nature and timing of extinctions in Cretaceous-Tertiary planktic foraminifera preserved in Deccan intertrappean sediments of the Krishna-Godavari Basin, India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 341-344, Issue , 2012, Pages 211-221

  Keller, G ^a   Adatte, T ^b   Bhowmick, P K ^c   Upadhyay, H ^c   Dave, A ^c   Reddy, A N ^c   Jaiprakash, B C ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Geological and Paleontological Institute   (Switzerland)

^c ONGC   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan volcanism; Environmental changes; India; Krishna Godavari Basin; KTB mass extinction

Indexed keywords

DECCAN VOLCANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN; MASS EXTINCTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN TRAPS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MAASTRICHTIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VOLCANISM;

GODAVARI BASIN; INDIA; KRISHNA BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA; GUEMBELITRIA CRETACEA;

EID: 84863746708     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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