The Cenomanian - Turonian of the Wunstorf section - (North Germany): Global stratigraphic reference section and new orbital time scale for Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

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Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-89

  Voigt, Silke ^a   Erbacher, Jochen ^b   Mutterlose, Jörg ^c   Weiss, Wolfgang ^b   Westerhold, Thomas ^d   Wiese, Frank ^e   Wilmsen, Markus ^f   Wonik, Thomas ^g  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope stratigraphy; Cretaceous; CTBE; OAE 2; Orbital time scale

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION;

AFRICA; GUELMIM-ES SMARA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; TARFAYA BASIN; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 50449106937     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2008/0043-0065     Document Type: Article

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