The Early Aptian of Aralar (northern Spain): stratigraphy, sedimentology, ammonite biozonation, and OAE1

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 434-464

  Garcia Mondejar J ^a   Owen, H G ^b   Raisossadat, N ^c   Millan M I ^a   Fernandez Mendiola P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ammonite biozonation; Basque Cantabrian Basin; Early Aptian; Oceanic Anoxic Event 1; Stratigraphy; TOC

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; APTIAN; BIOZONATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMMONOIDEA; DESHAYESITES; LUEHEIA;

EID: 62049085037     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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