Aalenian carbon-isotope stratigraphy: Calibration with ammonite, radiolarian and nannofossil events in the Western Tethys

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-137

  Sandoval, José ^a   O'Dogherty, Luis ^b   Aguado, Roque ^c   Bartolini, Annachiara ^d   Bruchez, Sébastien ^e   Bill, Markus ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Dpto Ciencias de la Tierra CASEM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e Inst Geologie Paléontologie   (Switzerland)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aalenian; Ammonites; Betic Cordillera; Biostratigraphy; Calcareous nannofossils; Carbon isotope stratigraphy; Palaeoceanography; Radiolarians; Spain

Indexed keywords

AALENIAN; AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LIMESTONE; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHANEROZOIC; RADIOLARIA; STRATIGRAPHY; TETHYS; TOARCIAN;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMMONOIDEA; BISCUTUM; MACTRA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 50149096874     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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