Comparative high-resolution chemostratigraphy of the Bonarelli Level from the reference Bottaccione section (Umbria-Marche Apennines) and from an equivalent section in NW Sicily: Consistent and contrasting responses to the OAE2

Chemical Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-285

  Scopelliti, Giovanna ^a   Bellanca, Adriana ^a   Neri, Rodolfo ^a   Baudin, Francois ^b   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bonarelli Level; Corg rich deposits; Cretaceous; Geochemical proxies; Palaeoceanography; Sicily; Umbria Marche Apennines

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CENOMANIAN; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646082497     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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