New petrographic and geochemical insights on diagenesis and palaeoenvironmental stress in Late Cretaceous inoceramid shells from the James Ross Basin, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-376

  Jiménez Berrocoso, Álvaro ^a   Olivero, Eduardo B ^b   Elorza, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Campanian; Cathodoluminescence; Geochemistry; Inoceramid extinction; Low Mg calcite microstructure; Shell growth

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; SHELL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BIVALVIA; INOCERAMIDAE;

EID: 33747881931     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000411     Document Type: Article

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