Marine red staining of a Pennsylvanian carbonate slope: Environmental and oceanographic significance

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1026-1045

  van der Kooij, Bram ^a   Immenhauser, Adrian ^a,b   Steuber, Thomas ^c   Hagmaier, Mischa ^b   Bahamonde, Juan R ^d   Samankassou, Elias ^e   Tomé, Oscar Merino ^f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BATHYMETRY; CALCITE; IRON; LIME; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

BATHYMETRIC DATA; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CARBONATE SLOPES; COMMON FEATURES; EARLY DIAGENESIS; PROCESS-ORIENTED; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATION;

BATHYMETRY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LIMESTONE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; SLOPE;

ALGAE; GALLIONELLACEAE;

EID: 37049023872     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.092     Document Type: Article

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