Milankovitch forcing of bioturbation intensity in deep-marine thin-bedded siliciclastic turbidites

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 130-138

  Heard, Thomas G ^a   Pickering, Kevin T ^a   Robinson, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioturbation intensity; deep marine; Milankovitch forcing; siliciclastic turbidites

Indexed keywords

BIO-TURBATION; CYCLICITY; DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSITS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; FORELAND BASINS; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS; INTENSITY DATA; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MILANKOVITCH; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; PYRENEES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATIONS; SPANISH; SPECTRAL ANALYSES; TRACE FOSSILS; WATER CONDITIONING;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPEECH; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOTURBATION; BOTTOM WATER; CYCLICITY; DEBRIS FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOCENE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIOEUSTACY; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; SEDIMENTATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITE;

AINSA BASIN; ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUESCA [ARAGON]; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 47749108647     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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