A stable and hot Turonian without glacial δ18O excursions is indicated by exquisitely preserved Tanzanian foraminifera

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1083-1086

  MacLeod, Kenneth G ^a   Huber, Brian T ^b   Berrocoso, Álvaro Jiménez ^c   Wendler, Ines ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE STABILITY; CO2 EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE CLIMATES; ICEHOUSE CLIMATE; LATE CRETACEOUS; MEASUREMENTS OF; TANZANIA; TURONIAN;

GREENHOUSES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURONIAN;

TANZANIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84882737590     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34510.1     Document Type: Article

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