Molecular isotopic evidence of environmental and ecological changes across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in the Levant Platform of central Jordan

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 553-568

  Sepúlveda, Julio ^a,b   Wendler, Jens ^a   Leider, Arne ^b   Kuss, Hans Joachim ^a   Summons, Roger E ^c   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; BOTTOM WATERS; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN; CHEMOCLINE; CONTINENTAL PLATFORMS; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; GAMMACERANE; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH PRODUCTIVITIES; HOPANES; ISOPRENOIDS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPICALLY ENRICHED; MARINE ALGAE; N VALUES; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENTS; ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENTS; PHOTIC ZONE EUXINIA; PLANKTONIC COMMUNITIES; PRIMARY PRODUCTIONS; PRISTANE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS; SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; STRONG STRATIFICATIONS; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOMARKERS; CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; PORPHYRINS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SULFUR;

ALGAE;

CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

ALGAE; CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 64749084439     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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