Palaeoenvironmental changes at the Frasnian/Famennian boundary in key European sections: Chemostratigraphic constraints

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 120-145

  Pujol, F ^a   Berner, Z ^a   Stuben D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frasnian Famennian boundary; Inorganic geochemistry; Mass extinction; Primary productivity; Sea level; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATOTYPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33748616262     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.055     Document Type: Article

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