Integrated bio-chemostratigraphical correlations and climatic evolution across the Danian-Selandian boundary at low latitudes

Storme, Jean-Yves; Steurbaut, Etienne; Devleeschouwer, Xavier; Dupuis, Christian; Iacumin, Paola; Rochez, Gaëtan; Yans, Johan

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Integrated bio-chemostratigraphical correlations and climatic evolution across the Danian-Selandian boundary at low latitudes

Storme, Jean-Yves; Steurbaut, Etienne; Devleeschouwer, Xavier et al.

2014 • In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 414, p. 212-224

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D/S boundary; Paleocene; Decoupled carbon isotopes; Biostratigraphy; pCO2; Climatic perturbations

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Earth sciences & physical geography

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Storme, Jean-Yves ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Paléobiogéologie - Paléobotanique - Paléopalynologie (PPP)

Steurbaut, Etienne

Devleeschouwer, Xavier

Dupuis, Christian

Iacumin, Paola

Rochez, Gaëtan

Yans, Johan

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English

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Integrated bio-chemostratigraphical correlations and climatic evolution across the Danian-Selandian boundary at low latitudes

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2014

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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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0031-0182

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1872-616X

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Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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414

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212-224

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