Microfacies, biostratigraphy, and geochemistry of the hemipelagic Barremian-Aptian in north-central Tunisia: Influence of the OAE 1a on the southern Tethys margin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 246-260

  Heldt, M ^a   Bachmann, M ^a   Lehmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aptian; Microfacies; OAE 1a; Platform drowning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APTIAN; BARREMIAN; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROFACIES; RADIOLARIA; SEAFLOOR;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 42049119384     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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