Formation of the Late Aptian Niveau Fallot black shales in the Vocontian Basin (SE France): Evidence from foraminifera, palynomorphs, and stable isotopes

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 65-85

  Friedrich, Oliver ^a   Reichelt, Kerstin ^a   Herrle, Jens O ^b   Lehmann, Jens ^c   Pross, Jörg ^a   Hemleben, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Black shale; Cretaceous; Palynomorphs; Planktic foraminifera; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BLACK SHALE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; VOCONTIAN TROUGH; WESTERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0742307652     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(03)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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