Evolution patterns of radiolaria and organic matter variations: A new approach to identify sea-level changes in mid-Cretaceous pelagic environments

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 499-502

  Erbacher, Jochen ^a   Thurow, Jürgen ^b   Littke, Ralf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEEPWATER DRILLING; INFILL DRILLING; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PLANKTON; PROTOZOA; STRATIGRAPHY;

CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; ORGANIC MATTER TYPES; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; PLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

SEA LEVEL;

CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; RADIOLARIA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; NUTRIENT SUPPLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 0029750517     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0499:EPORAO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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