Geochemical evidence for major environmental change at the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary in the Carnic Alps and the Rhenish Massif

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 146-160

  Kaiser, Sandra I ^a   Steuber, Thomas ^a   Becker, R Thomas ^b   Joachimski, Michael M ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apatite; C isotopes; Conodonts; Devonian Carboniferous boundary; Mass extinction event; O isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BLACK SHALE; CONODONT; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LIMESTONE; MASS EXTINCTION; PHANEROZOIC;

ALPS; CARNIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE;

EID: 33748617135     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.048     Document Type: Article

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