A new scenario for the Domerian - Toarcian transition;Un nouveau scénario pour le passage Domérien - Toarcien

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-356

  Morard, Alain ^a   Guex, Jean ^a   Bartolini, Annachiara ^b   Morettini, Elena ^c   De Wever, Patrick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Shell Intl Exploration Production   (United Kingdom)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anoxic event; Domerian; Stratigraphic gap; Toarcian; Upper Pliensbachian

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIENSBACHIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; TOARCIAN; TRANSGRESSION;

EID: 0043286171     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/174.4.351     Document Type: Article

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