Authigenic phosphate nodules (Late Cretaceous, northern Ireland) as condensed succession microarchives

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 439-452

  Marshall Neill, G ^a   Ruffell, A ^b  

^a Thales Optics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condensed succession; Glauconite; Hiatus concretions; Phosphate nodules

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GLAUCONITE; NODULATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHATE; UPWELLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

HIATUS;

EID: 3442881675     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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