Climate change driven black shale deposition during the end-Triassic in the western Tethys

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 290, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 151-159

  Bonis, N R ^a   Ruhl, M ^a   Kurschner W M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black shale; Carbon isotopes; Palynology; Prasinophytes; Tethys; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EROSION; FOSSIL RECORD; GREEN ALGA; LIMESTONE; PALYNOLOGY; SEASONALITY; STRATIFICATION; STRATOTYPE; TETHYS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRIASSIC;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYMATIOSPHAERA; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77951121056     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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