Benthic microbial mats: A possible major component of organic matter accumulation in the Lower Aptian oceanic anoxic event

Terra Nova

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Gorin, Georges ^b   Fiet, Nicolas ^a   Pacton, Muriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BLACK SHALE; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRETACEOUS; MICROBIAL MAT; ORGANIC MATTER; PRESERVATION; STRATIFICATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 63149138288     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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