Late Cenomanian to Middle Turonian high-resolution carbon isotope stratigraphy: New data from the Münsterland Cretaceous Basin, Germany

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 196-210

  Voigt, Silke ^a   Aurag, Aissa ^a   Leis, Florian ^a   Kaplan, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon isotope stratigraphy; correlation; Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BOREAL MACROFOSSIL ZONATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE CURVE; CRETACEOUS; ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON; CARBONATES; ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33845588531     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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