Correlating environmental changes during early Albian oceanic anoxic event 1B using benthic foraminiferal paleoecology

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-28

  Erbacher, Jochen ^a   Hemleben, Christoph ^b   Huber, Brian T ^c   Markey, Molly ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NHB 121 Natl Mus Nat Hist S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Black shales; Cretaceous; Oceanic anoxic events; ODP Leg 171B; SE France Basin

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ALBIA; BOLIVINITIDAE; FORAMINIFERA; GYROIDINOIDES; PLEUROSTOMELLA; PSEUDOBOLIVINA;

EID: 0032709023     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(99)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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