Organic carbon deposition and phosphorus accumulation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in Tarfaya, Morocco

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1008-1023

  Mort, Haydon P ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^a   Keller, Gerta ^b   Bartels, David ^b   Föllmi, Karl B ^a   Steinmann, Philipp ^a   Berner, Zsolt ^c   Chellai, E H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Cenomanian Turonian; Morocco; Organic carbon; Phosphorus burial

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANOXIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; DEPOSITION; EUSTACY; HIATUS; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; REDOX CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; GUELMIM-ES SMARA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TARFAYA BASIN;

ROTALIPORA; ROTALIPORA CUSHMANI;

EID: 53749090572     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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