The whole-rock cerium anomaly: A potential indicator of eustatic sea-level changes in shales of the anoxic facies

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-53

  Wilde, Pat ^a   Quinby Hunt, Mary S ^b   Erdtmann, Bernd Dieter ^c  

^a OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC FACIES; CERIUM ANOMALY; EUSTASY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALE; SILURIAN;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0029730056     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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