Changes in sedimentary patterns of coastal and deep-sea successions from the North Atlantic (Portugal) linked to Early Cretaceous environmental change

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 38-57

  Burla, Stefan ^a   Heimhofer, Ulrich ^b   Hochuli, Peter A ^c   Weissert, Helmut ^a   Skelton, Peter ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocalcification; Carbon isotopes; Carbonate platform; Early Cretaceous; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCIFICATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LUSITANIAN BASIN; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ORBITOLINIDAE;

EID: 36849065807     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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