Oceanic plateau formation: a cause of mass extinction and black shale deposition around the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary?

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 619-626

  Kerr, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CRETACEOUS; MASS EXTINCTION; OCEANIC PLATEAU; VOLCANISM PLUME;

EID: 0031687890     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.4.0619     Document Type: Article

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