Discovery of agglutinated benthic foraminifera in Devonian black shales and their relevance for the redox state of ancient seas

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 271, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 292-300

  Schieber, Jürgen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Benthic foraminifera; Black shale; Bottom water oxygenation; Carbon burial; Carbon cycle; Devonian; Redox

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BATHYAL ZONE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BLACK SHALE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEVONIAN; REDOX CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 58149100377     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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