Correlation of terrestrial climatic fluctuations with global signals during the Upper Cretaceous-Danian in a compressive setting (Provence, France)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 589-604

  Cojan, Isabelle ^a   Moreau, Marie Gabrielle ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; DEPOSITION; FLOODS; GEOMAGNETISM; HEMATITE; LAKES;

AUTHIGENIC MINERALS; CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; PALEOMAGNETIC RECORD; PALEOMAGNETIC SIGNALS; SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; DANIAN; FLOODPLAIN; SEDIMENTATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AIX; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 33646439311     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.045     Document Type: Article

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