A high-resolution benthic stable-isotope record for the South Atlantic: Implications for orbital-scale changes in Late Paleocene-Early Eocene climate and carbon cycling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 401, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-30

  Littler, Kate ^a,c   Röhl, Ursula ^b   Westerhold, Thomas ^b   Zachos, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Cyclostratigraphy; Hyperthermals; Ocean Drilling Program; Paleogene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; OXYGEN; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; HYPERTHERMALS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PALEOGENE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON CYCLE; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84902469693     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.054     Document Type: Article

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