Palynology, organic geochemistry and carbon isotope analysis of a latest Ordovician through Silurian clastic succession from borehole Tt1, Ghadamis Basin, southern Tunisia, North Africa: Palaeoenvironmental interpretation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 378-394

  Vecoli, Marco ^a   Riboulleau, Armelle ^b   Versteegh, Gerard J M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioevents; Black shales; Carbon isotopes; Gondwana; Ordovician; Palynofacies; Palynomorphs; Productivity; Silurian

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SILURIAN;

AFRICA; BERKINE BASIN; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 60649118734     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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