Diagenesis, palaeoclimate and tectono-sedimentary influences on clay mineralogy and stable isotopes from Upper Cretaceous marine successions of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin (N Spain)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 386-404

  Jiménez Berrocoso, Álvaro ^a   Zuluaga, Maria Cruz ^b   Elorza, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque Cantabrian Basin; Clay minerals; Late Cretaceous; Marls and marly limestones; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; KAOLINITE; LIMESTONE; MARL; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUCCESSION;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 44649170926     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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