Organic-carbon deposition and coastal upwelling at mid-latitude during the Upper Ordovician (Late Katian): A case study from the Welsh Basin, UK

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 395-410

  Challands, T J ^a   Armstrong, H A ^a   Maloney, D P ^a   Davies, J R ^b   Wilson, D ^b   Owen, A W ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13Corg; Ashgill; Climate; Katian; Organic carbon; Redox; TOC; Trace metal; Upper Ordovician; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ASHGILLIAN; BLACK SHALE; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; IAPETUS OCEAN; ICHNOFACIES; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX CONDITIONS; TRACE ELEMENT; TRADE WIND; UPWELLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WELSH BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

PLANOLITES; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 60649110069     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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