Calcareous nannoplankton ecology and community change across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Paleobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 628-647

  Schneider, Leah J ^a   Bralower, Timothy J ^a   Kump, Lee R ^a   Patzkowsky, Mark E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920740926     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: 19385331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/12050     Document Type: Article

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