Fertilization of the northwestern Tethys (Vocontian basin, SE France) during the Valanginian carbon isotope perturbation: Evidence from calcareous nannofossils and trace element data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 132-151

  Duchamp Alphonse, Stéphanie ^a   Gardin, Silvia ^b   Fiet, Nicolas ^a   Bartolini, Annachiara ^b   Blamart, Dominique ^c   Pagel, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Fertilization; Major and trace elements; Tethys; Valanginian positive carbon isotope excursion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COCCOLITH; DATA SET; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NANOFOSSIL; NITRIFICATION; PLANKTON; REEF; TETHYS; TRACE ELEMENT; VALANGINIAN; WEATHERING;

ALPES-DE-HAUTE-PROVENCE; ANGLES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; BISCUTUM; DISCORHABDUS; LITHRAPHIDITES; STEPHANOPHORUS; WATZNAUERIA BARNESAE; ZEUGRHABDOTUS;

EID: 33845591996     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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