Trace elements in conodont phosphates from the Frasnian/Famennian boundary

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 195-209

  Girard, Catherine ^a   Albarède, Francis ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

anoxia; conodont phosphates; eustatic trend; Frasnian Famennian; paleoproductivity; trace elements; Upper Kellwasser event

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CERIUM; DEVONIAN; EXTINCTION; FRASNIAN/FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA LEVEL VARIATION;

FRANCE, MONTAGNE NOIRE; MOROCCO;

EID: 0030274252     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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