Organic carbon burial rate and the molybdenum proxy: Theoretical framework and application to Cenomanian-Turonian oceanic anoxic event 2

Paleoceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Meyers, Stephen R ^a   Sageman, Bradley B ^b   Lyons, Timothy W ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 26244451976     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001068     Document Type: Review

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