Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy and precise dating of middle Frasnian (lower Upper Devonian) Alamo Breccia, Nevada, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 105-118

  Morrow, J R ^a   Sandberg, C A ^b   Malkowski, K ^c   Joachimski, M M ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alamo Breccia, Nevada; Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy; Early Late Devonian; Early to middle Frasnian; Punctata Event

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BIOCHRONOLOGY; BOLIDE; BRECCIA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; DATING METHOD; FACIES; FRASNIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GIVETIAN; GONDWANA; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TECTONIC PHENOMENA; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; TRANSITION ZONE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349616712     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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