Microbial-foraminiferal episodes in the Early Aptian of the southern Tethyan margin: Ecological significance and possible relation to oceanic anoxic event 1a

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-99

  Immenhauser, Adrian ^a   Hillgartner H ^b   van Bentum, E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate buildups; Cretaceous; OAE1a; Oman; Palaeofertility; Runoff; Tethys

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; APTIAN; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PALEOECOLOGY; TETHYS;

EID: 14344251404     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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