Carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Devonian of Central and Southern Europe

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 68-88

  Buggisch, Werner ^a   Joachimski, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio events; Black shale; Cantabrian Mountains; Carbon isotopes; Carnic Alps; Devonian; Montagne Noire; Prague Syncline; Rhenohercynian; Saxothuringian

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; CONODONT; DEVONIAN; DIAGENESIS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALPS; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; CARNIC ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MASSIF CENTRAL; MONTAGNE NOIRE; PRAGUE BASIN; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748625167     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.046     Document Type: Article

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