Evidence for perturbation of the carbon cycle in the Middle Frasnian punctata Zone (Late Devonian)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-270

  Yans, Johan ^a   Corfield, R M ^b   Racki, G ^c   Preat, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ardennes; Belgium; Carbon isotopes; Frasnian; Punctata Event

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL;

ARDENNES; BELGIUM; CARBON ISOTOPES; FRASNIAN; PUNCTATA EVENT;

GAS HYDRATES;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; FRASNIAN;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947203165     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806003037     Document Type: Article

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