Upper Cretaceous oceanic red beds in southern Tibet: A major change from anoxic to oxic, deep-sea environments

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-32

  Wang, Chengshan ^a,b   Hu, Xiumian ^c   Sarti, Massimo ^d   Scott, Robert W ^e   Li, Xianghui ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e Precision Stratigraphy Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Late Cretaceous; Oceanic pelagic red beds; Southern Tibet; Tethys

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RED BED;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; XIZANG;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 14244269582     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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