Orbitally modulated black shale deposition in the upper Albian Amadeus Segment (central Italy): A multi-proxy reconstruction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2003, Pages 441-458

  Galeotti, Simone ^a   Sprovieri, Mario ^b   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^a   Bellanca, Adriana ^b   Neri, Rodolfo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amadeus Segment; Black shales; Late Albian; Microfossils; Trace elements; Umbria Marche Basin

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BLACK SHALE; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROFOSSIL; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ITALY;

ALBIA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0037440521     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00618-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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