Late Cretaceous carbon isotope stratigraphy in Europe: Correlation and relations with sea level and sediment stability

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 39-59

  Voigt, S ^a   Hilbrecht, H ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cretaceous; Epicontinental; Pelagic; Redeposition; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

EUROPE;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 0031449139     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00156-3     Document Type: Article

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