Catastrophic extinction of planktonic foraminifera at the cretaceous-tertiary boundary evidenced by stable isotopes and foraminiferal abundance at Caravaca, Spain

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-358

  Kaiho, Kunio ^a   Lamolda, Marcos A ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EXTINCTIONS; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; NEGATIVE SHIFT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RAPID REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUDDEN CHANGE;

GEOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

CARAVACA; MURCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84874952386     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0355:CEOPFA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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