Reconstructing the evolution of the latest Pennsylvanian-earliest Permian Lake Odernheim based on stable isotope geochemistry and palynofacies: A case study from the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 204-224

  Müller, Andrea B ^a   Strauss, Harald ^a   Hartkopf Fröder, Christoph ^b   Littke, Ralf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein Westfalen   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbonate; Lake evolution; Organic carbon; Oxygen isotopes; Palynofacies

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAMINATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PALYNOMORPH; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; SEDIMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAAR-NAHE BASIN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33748589453     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.049     Document Type: Article

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