Organic geochemistry and palynofacies of the Early-Middle Frasnian transition (Late Devonian) of the Holy Cross Mountains, Southern Poland

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 152-165

  Marynowski, Leszek ^a   Filipiak, Paweł ^a   Pisarzowska, Agnieszka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Early Middle Frasnian; Holy Cross Mountains, Poland; Isorenieratane; Palynofacies; Photic zone anoxia; Punctata Isotopic Event; Pyrite framboids

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FRASNIAN; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTIC ZONE; PYRITE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; WATER COLUMN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS;

ACRITARCHA; GEMINOSPORA; PALMATOLEPIS; PALMATOLEPIS PUNCTATA; PEROTRILITES; PRASINOPHYCEAE; VERRUCOSISPORITES;

EID: 54849414620     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.033     Document Type: Article

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