Cenomanian - Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE2) in the Sakarya Zone, northwestern Turkey: Sedimentological, cyclostratigraphic, and geochemical records

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-226

  Yilmaz, Ismail Omer ^a   Altiner, Demir ^a   Tekin, Ugur Kagan ^b   Tuysuz, Okan ^c   Ocakoglu, Faruk ^d   Acikalin, Sanem ^d  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anoxic and oxic; Black shales and pelagic red beds; Cenomanian Turonian boundary; Cyclicity; Sea level changes; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; RED BED; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; VOLCANISM;

PONTIDES; SAKARYA; TURKEY;

EID: 75849165453     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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