Lower Jurassic epicontinental carbonates and mudstones from England and Wales: Chemostratigraphic signals and the early Toarcian anoxic event

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 687-706

  Jenkyn, Hugh C ^a   Clayton, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CARBON; ISOTOPIC EXCURSION; JURASSIC; MUDSTONE; PALAEOCLIMATE; TOARCIAN;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0030825669     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-43.x     Document Type: Article

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