Peritidal sedimentary depositional facies and carbon isotope variation across K/T boundary carbonates from NW Adriatic platform

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 77-86

  Tewari, Vinod C ^a   Stenni, Barbara ^b   Pugliese, Nevio ^b   Drobne, Katica ^c   Riccamboni, Rodolfo ^b   Dolenec, Tadej ^d  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Platform; Carbon isotopes; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Extraterrestrial impact; Mass extinction; N Italy; Padriciano; Peritidal

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FACIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; KARST; LIMESTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEONTOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; STROMATOLITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 35148835153     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.042     Document Type: Article

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