The Cenomanian/Turonian anoxic event at the Bonarelli Level in Italy and Spain: enhanced productivity and/or better preservation?

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 597-612

  Mort, Haydon ^a   Jacquat, Olivier ^c   Adatte, Thierry ^a   Steinmann, Philip ^a   Föllmi, Karl ^a   Matera, Virginie ^a   Berner, Zsolt ^b   Stüben, Doris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cenomanian Turonian; Furlo; Italy; Manilva; Modelling; Organic matter; Spain; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FORAMINIFERA; HELVETOGLOBOTRUNCANA HELVETICA;

EID: 34748913601     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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