Environmental change during the Late Famennian and Early Tournaisian (Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous): Implications from stable isotopes and conodont biofacies in southern Europe

Geological Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 241-260

  Kaiser, Sandra I ^a,c   Steuber, Thomas ^b   Becker, R Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Institute of Geology and Palaeontology   (Germany)

Author keywords

C and O isotopes; Conodont biostratigraphy; Dasberg Event; Epinette Transgression; Fontin Transgression; Strunian Transgression

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONODONT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FAMENNIAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIMESTONE; MICRITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOURNAISIAN; TRANSGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PALMATOLEPIDAE; POLYGNATHIDAE;

EID: 45749109061     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1111     Document Type: Article

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