Shallow water facies during the Cenomanian-Turonian anoxic event: Bio-events, isotopes, and sea level in southern Germany

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-253

  Hilbrecht, H ^a   Frieg, C ^b   Troger K A ^c   Voigt, S ^c   Voigt, T ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Carbonate preservation; Cretaceous; Early Turonian; Eibrunn Marls; Erosion; Foraminifera; Inoceramids; Late Cenomanian; Nutrients; Oceanic Anoxic Event; Ostracoda; Palaeoceanography; Palynology; Radiolaria; Sea level; Sediments; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIO EVENT; CENOMANIAN; EXTINCTION; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; PALYNOFACIES; SEA LEVEL; TURONIAN;

GERMANY, REGENSBURG, MUHLBERG;

EID: 0029770524     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0017     Document Type: Article

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