Controls on organic accumulation in late Jurassic shales of northwestern Europe as inferred from trace-metal geochemistry;Contrôles de l'accumulation de matière organique dans la Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Jurassique supérieur, Yorkshire, G.B.) et son équivalent latéral du Boulonnais: L'apport des éléments traces métalliques

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-506

  Tribovillard, Nicolas ^a   Trentesaux, Alain ^a   Ramdani, Abdelkader ^b   Baudin, François ^c   Riboulleau, Armelle ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Boulonnais; Kimmeridge Clay Formation; Late Jurassic; Organic matter; Trace elements; Yorkshire

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; ORGANIC MATTER; SHALE; TRACE METAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7744232914     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/175.5.491     Document Type: Article

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