An Early Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) maximum flooding bioevent in NW Europe: Correlation, sedimentology and biofacies

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-333

  Wilmsen, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Cyclostratigraphy; Facies analysis; Schloenbachia Inoceramus virgatus Event; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; BIVALVE; CENOMANIAN; CORRELATION; ECCENTRICITY; FLOODING; MICROFACIES; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PERIODICITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; INOCERAMIDAE; INOCERAMUS;

EID: 39149111239     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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