The aftermath of the Carnian carbonate platform demise: A basinal perspective (Dolomites, Southern Alps)

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-386

  Keim, Lorenz ^a,b   Spötl, Christoph ^a   Brandner, Rainer R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Amt für Geologie and Baustoffprüfung   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Carbonate platform demise; Dolomites; Environmental stress; LateTriassic; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRIASSIC;

ALPS; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA;

EID: 33644790685     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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