Uranium depletion across the Permian- Triassic boundary in Middle East carbonates: Signature of oceanic anoxia

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 691-707

  Ehrenberg, Stephen H ^a,b   Svånå, Tore A ^a   Swart, Peter K ^c  

^a StatoilHydro   (Norway)

^b PanTerra Geoconsultants BV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; URANIUM;

CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; CARBONATE SUCCESSIONS; END PERMIAN EXTINCTION; GEOCHEMICAL PROFILES; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SHALLOW WATER CARBONATES;

THORIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; POTASSIUM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 46949103208     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02140807095     Document Type: Article

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