Tethyan-Mediterranean organic carbon-rich sediments from Mesozoic black shales to sapropels

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 247-266

  Emeis, Kay Christian ^a   Weissert, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mesozoic black shale; Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE); Organic carbon rich sediment; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BLACK SHALE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 58149216861     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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