The Late Pennsylvanian Midcontinent Sea of North America: A review

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 205-221

  Algeo, Thomas J ^a   Heckel, Philip H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Bathymetry; Black shale; Cyclothem; Hydrography; Primary productivity; Pycnocline; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BATHYMETRY; BENTHOS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BLACK SHALE; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLOTHEM; GLACIOEUSTACY; LAURENTIA; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PYCNOCLINE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SILL;

ANADARKO BASIN; ARKOMA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; PERMIAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53049099013     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.049     Document Type: Review

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