Photic zone palaeoenvironments of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic, UK) suggested by calcareous nannoplankton palaeoecology

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 110-134

  Lees, Jackie A ^a   Bown, Paul R ^a   Young, Jeremy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Kimmeridge Clay Formation; Palaeoecology; Palaeoenvironment; Upper Jurassic; Watznaueriaceae

Indexed keywords

EUPHOTIC ZONE; FOSSIL; LITHOLOGY; NUTRIENT; PALEOECOLOGY;

CYCLAGELOSPHAERA MARGERELII; HAPTOPHYCEAE; WATZNAUERIA; WATZNAUERIA BRITANNICA; WATZNAUERIACEAE;

EID: 33646342745     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.026     Document Type: Article

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