Expression of the Early Toarcian negative carbon-isotope excursion in separated carbonate microfractions (Jurassic, Paris Basin)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 194-203

  Hermoso, Michaël ^a   Le Callonnec, Laurence ^a   Minoletti, Fabrice ^a   Renard, Maurice ^a   Hesselbo, Stephen P ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcareous nannofossils; carbon isotope; diagenesis; Early Toarcian; Oceanic Anoxic Event

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAGENESIS; EARLY TOARCIAN; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON BLACK; CARBONATION; FIRE HAZARDS; GAS HYDRATES; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; MINERALOGY; NANOFOSSIL; TOARCIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PARIS BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 57749106370     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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