Molecular fossil constraints on the water column structure of the Cenomanian-Turonian Western Interior Seaway, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 129-152

  Simons, Dirk Jan H ^a   Kenig, Fabien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic environment; Biomarkers; Cenomanian; Epeiric seas; Turonian

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; TURONIAN;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBIUM;

EID: 0035340169     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00222-X     Document Type: Article

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