Abnormal carbonate diagenesis in Holocene-late Pleistocene sapropel-associated sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean; Evidence from Emiliania huxleyi coccolith morphology

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 217-240

  Crudeli, Daniela ^a,b   Young, Jeremy R ^c   Erba, Elisabetta ^a   De Lange, Gert J ^d   Henriksen, Karen ^e   Kinkel, Hanno ^b   Slomp, Caroline P ^d   Ziveri, Patrizia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diagenesis; Emiliania huxleyi; Holocene late Pleistocene; Mediterranean; sapropel S1

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; COCCOLITH; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIAGENESIS; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 4143084887     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2004.04.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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