Potential links between ocean plateau volcanism and global ocean anoxia at the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 836-842

  Slnton, C W ^a,b   Duncan, R A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0031396150     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.7-8.836     Document Type: Article

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