High-resolution carbon isotope records of the Aptian to Lower Albian from SE France and the Mazagan Plateau (DSDP Site 545): A stratigraphic tool for paleoceanographic and paleobiologic reconstruction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 149-161

  Herrle, Jens O ^a,b   Kößler, Peter ^a   Friedrich, Oliver ^a   Erlenkeuser, Helmut ^c   Hemleben, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albian; Aptian; Biostratigraphy; Carbon isotopes; Chemostratigraphy; Cretaceous; DSDP 545; Vocontian Basin

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MAZAGAN PLATEAU; VOCONTIAN TROUGH; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0742267723     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00646-0     Document Type: Article

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