Paleocene-Eocene carbon isotope excursion in organic carbon and pedogenic carbonate: Direct comparison in a continental stratigraphic section

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 553-556

  Magioncalda, Roberto ^a   Dupuis, Christian ^a   Smith, Thierry ^b   Steurbaut, Etienne ^b   Gingerich, Philip D ^c  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope excursion; Carbon isotopes; Organic carbon; Paleocene Eocene boundary; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; DISPERSED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC);

HYDRATES; ISOTOPES; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY;

EID: 3543107935     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20476.1     Document Type: Article

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