Marine rapid environmental/climatic change in the Cretaceous greenhouse world

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Hu, Xiumian ^a   Wagreich, Michael ^b   Yilmaz, Ismail Omer ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimate; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRETACEOUS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 84866156587     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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