High productivity in the earliest Triassic ocean: Black shales, Southwest Japan

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 53-65

  Suzuki, Noriyuki ^a   Ishida, Koutaro ^b   Shinomiya, Yoshihiro ^b   Ishiga, Hiroaki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Black shale; Early Triassic; P T boundary; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRIASSIC;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031705425     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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