Paleoenvironment and sea-level change in the early Cretaceous Barents Sea - Implications from near-shore marine sapropels

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-42

  Langrock, Uwe ^a   Stein, Ruediger ^a   Lipinski, Marcus ^b   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SAPROPEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0141835954     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0122-5     Document Type: Article

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