Reconstruction of short-term palaeoceanographic changes during the formation of the Late Albian 'Niveau Breistroffer' black shales (Oceanic Anoxic Event 1d, SE France)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 623-639

  Bornemann, Andreé ^a,f   Pross, Jörg ^b,c   Reichelt, Kerstin ^d   Herrle, Jens O ^d,e   Hemleben, Christoph ^d   Mutterlose, Jörg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albian; Black shale; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimatology; SE France

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA; HEDBERGELLIDAE;

EID: 21444452836     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-171     Document Type: Review

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