Anoxic vs dysoxic events reflected in sediment geochemistry during the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary Event (Cretaceous) in the Umbria-Marche Basin of central Italy

Chemical Geology

Volumn 234, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 321-339

  Turgeon, Steven ^a   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Black shales; OAE2; Productivity; Re Mo; Trace metal enrichments

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BLACK SHALE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE METAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

EID: 33749511063     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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