An indicator of water-column anoxia: resolution of biofacies variations in the kimmeridge clay (upper jurassic, U.K.)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 286-294

  Raiswell, R ^a   Newton, R ^a   Wignall, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; IRON OXIDES; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; PYRITES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; URANIUM ALLOYS;

BIOFACIES; BOTTOM WATER; IRON RICH; JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; WATER COLUMNS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFACIES; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; KIMMERIDGIAN; PYRITE; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER COLUMN; JURASSIC; MARINE SEDIMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035204934     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/070300710286     Document Type: Article

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