Late Maastrichtian-early Danian high-stress environments and delayed recovery linked to Deccan volcanism

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-82

  Punekar, Jahnavi ^a   Keller, Gerta ^a   Khozyem, Hassan ^b,c   Hamming, Carl ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^b,c   Tantawy, Abdel Aziz ^c   Spangenberg, Jorge E ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Deccan volcanism; Delayed recovery; Guembelitria blooms; KPB mass extinction

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MAASTRICHTIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANISM;

EGYPT; SINAI;

EID: 84896055266     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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