Geochemical approach (carbon isotopes and iridium) of the Cretaceous Palaeocene boundary in the Oman Mountains: a catastrophic event in a geochemical succession of events from the Maastrichtian to the Danish;Approche geochimique (isotopes du carbone et iridium) de la limite Cretace/Paleocene dans les montagnes d'Oman: un evenement 'catastrophique' au sein d'une succession d'evenements geologiques au cours du Maastrichtien et du Danien

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 503-514

  Le Callonnec, Laurence ^a   Renard, Maurice ^a   Rocchia, Robert ^b   Bourdillon, Chantal ^c   Galbrun, Bruno ^a   Razin, Philippe ^c   Roger, Jack ^c  

^a Département Géologie Sédimentaire FRE2400   (France)

^b Centre des Faibles Radioactivite   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRIDIUM;

OMAN, OMAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0032445963     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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