Calcareous nannofossils from late Jurassic sediments of the Volga Basin (Russian Platform): Evidence for productivity-controlled black shale deposition

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 743-757

  Kessels, Kai ^a   Mutterlose, Jörg ^a   Ruffell, Alastair ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black shales; Calcareous nannofossils; Late Jurassic; Paleoproductivity; Volga Basin

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; JURASSIC; NANOFOSSIL; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTATION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VOLGA BASIN;

EID: 2542445297     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0343-x     Document Type: Article

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