The Late Frasnian Kellwasser horizons of the Harz Mountains (Germany): Two oxygen-deficient periods resulting from different mechanisms

Chemical Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 137-155

  Riquier, Laurent ^a   Tribovillard, Nicolas ^a   Averbuch, Olivier ^a   Devleeschouwer, Xavier ^b   Riboulleau, Armelle ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Harz mountains; Kellwasser horizons; Late Frasnian; Productivity; Pyrite; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; FRASNIAN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33748040112     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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