High-resolution geochemistry and sequence stratigraphy of the Hushpuckney Shale (Swope Formation, eastern Kansas): Implications for climato-environmental dynamics of the Late Pennsylvanian Midcontinent Seaway

Chemical Geology

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 259-288

  Algeo, Thomas J ^a   Schwark, Lorenz ^b   Hower, James C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Center for Applied Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shales; Cyclothems; Eustasy; Organic carbon; Paleoclimate; Redox facies; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CYCLOTHEM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442575926     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.12.028     Document Type: Article

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